Government1 (Guinea-Bissau)
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       US:
         Ambassador William L. JACOBSEN, Jr.; Embassy at 17 Avenida Domingos Ramos,
         Bissau (mailing address is 1067 Bissau Codex, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau);
         telephone [245] 20-1139, 20-1145, 20-1113
     Flag:
         two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red
         band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the
         red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the
         flag of Cape Verde, which has the black star raised above the center of the
         red band and is framed by two corn stalks and a yellow clam shell