Portuguese Guinea

Overseas Province of Guinea Província Portuguesa de Guiné (Portuguese)
1588–1974
Flag (1910–1974) Coat of arms (1951–1974)
Anthem: "Hymno Patriótico" (1808–26) Patriotic Anthem "Hino da Carta" (1826–1911) Hymn of the Charter "A Portuguesa" (1911–74) The Portuguese
Status	Dependency of Portuguese Cape Verde (1588–1879) Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1879–1951) Overseas Province of Portugal (1951–1973) State of the Portuguese Empire (1973–1974)
Capital	Bolama (1852–1942) Bissau (1942–1974)
Common languages	Portuguese (official) Guinea-Bissau Creole Balanta Fula Mandjak Mandinka Papel
Monarch
• 1588–1598	Philip I of Portugal
• 1908–1910	Manuel II of Portugal
President
• 1910–1915	Teófilo Braga
• 1974	António de Spínola
Governor
• 1615–1619 (first)	Baltasar Pereira de Castelo Branco
• 1974 (last)	Carlos Fabião
Historical era	Imperialism
• Founding of Cacheu	1588
• Independence of Guinea-Bissau	10 September 1974
Currency	Portuguese real (1588–1909) Portuguese Guinean real (1909–1914) Portuguese Guinean escudo (1914–1975)
ISO 3166 code	GN
Preceded by Succeeded by Kaabu British Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Today part of	Guinea-Bissau

Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese: Guiné Portuguesa), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a Portuguese overseas province in West Africa from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Guinea-Bissau.