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Map of Guinea Bissau with the Bijagós Islands Ramsar Site Three men in Bubaque on a Mahindra tractor manufactured at the company's plant in Gambia.. The Bijagós Islands, also spelled Bijagos (Portuguese: Arquipélago dos Bijagós) and formerly known as Bissagos, are a group of about 88 islands and islets located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Guinea-Bissau.
Bissau (Portuguese pronunciation:) is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau.As of 2015, it had a population of 492,004. [1] Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, its administrative and military center.
Download QR code; Print/export ... move to sidebar hide. This is a list of islands of Guinea-Bissau. Bissagos Islands . Bubaque; Bolama; Carache ... Elia Island; Jeta ...
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Elia Island (Portuguese: Ilha de Elia) is an island in Guinea-Bissau. It is located on the right bank of the Cacheu River close to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. The islands's western end lies east of the confluence with the Elia River with Ongueringao Island on the other bank. [1] Its maximum elevation is 5 m and its length 10.5 km [2]
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1960 - Canal do Impernal (channel) dries up; Bissau no longer an island in the Geba River estuary. [2] 1968 - City besieged during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. [2] 1971 - City besieged during the War of Independence. [2] 1973 - Africa Bottling Company Lda in business. 1974 - City becomes capital of newly independent Guinea-Bissau. [3]
Roxa [2] [3] or Canhabaque [1] is an island in the Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau.It is part of the sector of Bubaque.Its area is 111 square kilometres (43 sq mi); [3] it is 20 kilometres (12 mi) long and 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) wide.