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Absolute: 9.5092° N, 13.7122° W
 * Conakry, Guinea || Orlando, Florida ||
 * [[image:lembrich/guinea-flag.gif width="308" height="213" align="center" caption="Guinea's flag"]] || [[image:lembrich/Florida flag.png width="325" height="182" align="center" caption="Florida's flag"]] ||
 * ** Location **

Relative: Guinea is North of Sierra Leone, South of Senegal and South of Liberia, East of the Atlantic Ocean, and West of Cote d'lvore and West of Mali. || ** Location ** Absolute: 28.4158° N, 81.2989° W

Relative: Florida is South of Georgia and South of Alabama, it is North and West and East of the Pacific Ocean. || People: 10% of the roads in Guinea are paved. But they are working to pave roads that link to major cities. Few Guineans have cars. For most people trucks and taxis are the main transportation. When Guineans travel short distances they travel by foot.
 * [[image:lembrich/map of Guinea.gif width="372" height="276" align="center" caption="Map showing where Conakry Guinea is"]] || [[image:lembrich/map of florida.jpg width="348" height="283" align="center" caption="Map showing where Orlando Florida is"]] ||
 * ** Movement **

Goods: Guinea's exports include bananas, pineapples, peanuts, and palm oil.

Ideas : 1% Guineans have the use to get on the internet. 44% Guineans have cell phones. Radios are popular in Guinea. || ** Movement ** People: Most people count on taxis and subway trains. Only some people have cars. The other people walk on sidewalks or bike.

Goods: Florida's have many exports. The main export are oranges.

Ideas: 74.8% of all households have internet use in the U.S. 91% of Americans have a cellphone that is theirs. 99% of all households own at least 1 t.v. in their home. ||
 * [[image:lembrich/Plam oil- Guinea.jpg width="319" height="216" align="center" caption="Guinea's hand made palm oil"]] || [[image:lembrich/Florida oranges.jpeg width="330" height="219" align="center" caption="Florida's famous oranges"]] ||
 * ** Place **
 * Physical Characteristics **Guinea is about 94,296 sq. miles. It is roughly the size of the United Kingdom or the size of Oregon. They have mostly only two seasons, the rainy season (May-October) and the dry season (November-April).

The population of Guinea is 11,176,026. There is not a common language in Guinea. But there official language is French. The religion is a bout 85 percent of the population is Muslim and Christians are about 8 percent. In Guinea in their ethnicity the Muslims strongly believe that whatever happens is //Allah's// (God’s) will. || ** Place ** Florida's total area is 58,560 square miles. Land area is 54,252 square miles. The total water area is 4,308 square miles. Orlando is more in the middle of the state.
 * Human Characteristics **
 * Physical Characteristics **

The population of Florida is 19,317,568. As of 2005 the language of Florida is, 74.54 percent of the people in Florida at age 5 and older spoke English. French is spoken by 0.63% of the people, followed by German at 0.45%, and Portuguese at 0.44%. T he religion is about 78.3% are white, 16.6% are black or African American,23.2% are Hispanic or Latino. The main ethnicity groups in Florida are white, black, Asian, and Hispanic. ||
 * Human Characteristics **
 * [[image:lembrich/The city of Guinea.jpg width="354" height="229" align="center" caption="City of Conakry Guinea"]] || [[image:lembrich/The city of Orlando Florida.jpg width="358" height="227" align="center" caption="City of Orlando Florida"]] ||
 * ** Human Environment Interaction **

Clothes: In Guinea t he men sometimes wear a short-sleeved suit coat and matching pants to work, or they may wear a Western-style shirt, a tie, and pants. The women often wear brightly patterned, locally tailored blouses or Muslim-style robes called petitis boubous. Some of the women wear Western-style dresses. Muslim men may wear long robes called boubous over loose pants and a shirt.

Housing: Urban Guineans may live in a compound with their extended family or in a single-family home with their nuclear family. Homes are often cement-block structures with cement floors, plywood ceilings, and tile or corrugated-tin roofs. Homes are surrounded by brick walls. In urban areas, most people have access to running water and electricity, though power outages are common.

In rural areas, extended families share a compound, with separate homes or rooms for individuals or nuclear families. In the center of each compound is a courtyard. The main hut is used as a living room. To escape the heat during the dry season, the family may sleep on porches behind each hut. Some huts contain lofts for storing seeds and crops after the harvest. Kitchens may be located in a separate hut. Wood or straw-mat fences are built around the perimeter of the compound. During the dry season, women may cook outside. The oldest male generally lives in a structure located on the eastern side of the compound, in the belief that the east is the direction of power. In polygamous families, each wife has her own hut, which she shares with her children. As sons marry, they may build their own huts or add additional rooms to their mothers' huts. || ** Human Environment Interaction **

Clothes: In Florida the men usually wear shorts that are like basketball short, and mostly t-shirts. The women mostly wear tank-tops and shorts. Since it is hot there a lot of people wear swimming suits and go swimming. Women wear dresses and skirts with a tank top to work. The men wear a nice suit and tie, and dress pants.

Housing: Suburban houses are usually one or two stories and have three to five bedrooms on average. Houses are often surrounded by grass lawns and gardens. Things like trampolines, basketball hoops, and among wealthier families, swimming pools provide entertainment. Building materials tend to vary by region, with wood being common in earthquake-prone areas, adobe prevalent in the southwest, and brick and siding popular throughout the country. Houses located within city limits tend to be smaller, and apartment, condo, and townhouse living is common in urban areas. ||
 * [[image:lembrich/Guinea's houses.jpg width="394" height="224" align="center" caption="The houses in Guinea are not good, they are pretty dangerous"]]



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