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Bafatá
Bafatá is a town in central Guinea-Bissau, known as the birthplace of Amílcar Cabral. The town has a population of 22,501 (2008 est). It is the capital of Bafatá Region as well as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafatá, which was established in March 2001 with Carlos Pedro Zilli as bishop. Bafatá is noted for its brickmaking. By the 1880s it was an established trading centre for the Portuguese, including peanuts, cattle, hides, textiles, and salt. Landmarks The town is served by Bafatá Airport Bafatá Airport is an airport serving Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republ ..., an airstrip, and a regional hospital. There is a hotel, the Bafatá Apartamento Imel. The restaurant ''Ponto de Encontro'' serves Portuguese cuisine. The surrounding forests are noted for their monkey and antelope populations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bafatá
Bafatá is a town in central Guinea-Bissau, known as the birthplace of Amílcar Cabral. The town has a population of 22,501 (2008 est). It is the capital of Bafatá Region as well as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafatá, which was established in March 2001 with Carlos Pedro Zilli as bishop. Bafatá is noted for its brickmaking. By the 1880s it was an established trading centre for the Portuguese, including peanuts, cattle, hides, textiles, and salt. Landmarks The town is served by Bafatá Airport Bafatá Airport is an airport serving Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republ ..., an airstrip, and a regional hospital. There is a hotel, the Bafatá Apartamento Imel. The restaurant ''Ponto de Encontro'' serves Portuguese cuisine. The surrounding forests are noted for their monkey and antelope populations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bafatá Region
Bafatá is a region in north-central Guinea-Bissau and its capital is Bafatá. It is an inland region covered with savannah or light savannah woodland and receives an annual rainfall of more than . As of 2009, the total population of the region was 200,884, with the urban population being 38,850 and rural being 162,034. The sex ratio of the region is 94 females for every hundred males. The total resident population in the region is 269,840. As of 2009, the net activity rate was 60.48 per cent, proportion of employed labour force was 39.90 per cent, proportion of labour force was 75.30 and the proportion of potentially active population was 39.90 per cent. The absolute poverty rate, people earning less than $2 a day, in the region stood at 72.4 per cent, with a regional contribution of 13.6 per cent to the national poverty totals. Geography Gabu is an inland region and all the inland regions have a maximum elevation of . The internal region has plains, which are interspersed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Bafatá
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafatá ( la, Bafatan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau. History * March 13, 2001: Established as Diocese of Bafatá from the Diocese of Bissau Leadership * Bishops of Bafatá (Roman rite) ** Bishop Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E. (March 13, 2001 - March 31, 2021) See also * Roman Catholicism in Guinea-Bissau *Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau ( la, Bissagen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau. History Pope Pius XII created a Mission “sui iuris” comprising the then overseas colony of Portuguese Guinea on September 4 ... Sources GCatholic.org Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea-Bissau Christian organizations established in 2001 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century 2001 establishments in Guinea-Bissau Bafatá {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bafatá Airport
Bafatá Airport is an airport serving Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), .... The dirt runway doubles as Av. Brasil and may have vehicular traffic. See also * Transport in Guinea-Bissau * List of airports in Guinea-Bissau References * Google Earth External links OurAirports - BafatáOpenStreetMap - Bafatá Airports in Guinea-Bissau Bafatá {{GuineaBissau-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 1,726,000. It borders Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south-east. Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Kaabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. In the 19th century, it was colonised as Portuguese Guinea. Portuguese control was restricted and weak until the early 20th century with the pacification campaigns, these campaigns solidified Portuguese sovereignty in the area. The final Portuguese victory over the remaining bastion of mainland resistance, the Papel ruled Kingdom of Bissau in 1915 by the Portu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Pedro Zilli
Carlos Pedro Zilli (7 October 1954 – 31 March 2021) was a Brazilian-born Bissau-Guinean Roman Catholic bishop. He became the Roman Catholic bishop of the newly created Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau in 2001. Biography Zilli was born in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo State. He became a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (P.I.M.E.) on 6 July 1984. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 5 January 1985. He was sent shortly after to Guinea-Bissau, where he was parochial vicar at Bafatá mission. He was also deputy of the bishop for the Cacheu zone. He held office as president of the commission for the formation of the major seminarians, from 1986 to 1998, and regional superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in Guinea-Bissau, from 1993 to 1997. On 13 March 2001, Zilli was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Bafatá when it was created from the Diocese of Bissau. He was ordained on 30 June 2001. Zilli died in Prabis on 31 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Grace Cathedral, Bafatá
The Our Lady of Grace Cathedral ( pt, Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça) also called Cathedral of Batafá, is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Bafatá in the region of Batafá one of those that make the African country of Guinea-Bissau. This is one of the two cathedrals that exist in that nation being the other dedicated to Our Lady of the Candles found in the capital, Bissau. The building more than a cathedral is more like a parish church of Portuguese colonial style. The name of Our Lady of Grace (''Nossa Senhora da Graça'') for cathedrals is common in several of the former Portuguese colonies, examples of this Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in São Tomé and Príncipe and the pro-cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Cape Verde. It is a temple that follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the diocese of Batafá (''Dioecesis Bafatanus'') covering more than half the country and was created in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amílcar Cabral
Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral (; – ) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-Africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders. Also known by the '' nom de guerre'' Abel Djassi, Cabral led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence in Guinea-Bissau. He was assassinated on 20 January 1973, about eight months before Guinea-Bissau's unilateral declaration of independence. He was deeply influenced by Marxism, becoming an inspiration to revolutionary socialists and national independence movements worldwide. Early years Cabral was born on 12 September 1924. He was born in the town of Bafatá, Portuguese Guinea (located in modern-day Guinea-Bissau) to Cape Verdean parents, Juvenal António Lopes da Costa Cabral and Iva Pinhel Évora, both hailing from Santiago. His father came from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geba River
The Geba is a river of West Africa that rises in the northernmost area of Guinea in the Fouta Djallon highlands, passes through southern Senegal, and reaches the Atlantic Ocean in Guinea-Bissau. It is about in total length. In Senegal, the river is locally known as the Kayanga. Its tributary the Colufe River joins the Geba at Bafatá. After passing by Geba town and Bambadinca, the river broadens into a wide estuary below Xime (where it is joined by the Corubal River), with a total width of about at Bissau. The estuary widens further as the river flows into the Atlantic, forming the Bissagos Islands archipelago. The Geba River, along with the Corubal River, drains the Bafatá Plateau. It also drains the Gabú Plain, along with the Farim River The Cacheu is a river of Guinea-Bissau also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of its major tributaries is the Canjambari River. Course Its headwaters are near the northern border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Guinea-Bissau
The national flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 when independence from Portugal was proclaimed. Gallery File:Flag of Portuguese Guinea (proposal).svg, Proposed flag for the Portuguese Guinea (1965) File:Flag of PAIGC.svg, Flag of PAIGC Military flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg, Flag of the Armed Forces Design Like the former flag of Cape Verde, the flag is based on that of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). The party was established in 1956 to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal during its Estado Novo regime, but turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was one of the belligerents in the 1963–74 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. It is still the dominant party in Guinea-Bissau. The PAIGC party flag was derived from that of Ghana, which was the first design to use the Pan-African combination of red, yellow, green, and black in 1957. In the Ghanaian view, the black star stands for the unity of Africa. Red stands fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brick
A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured construction blocks. Bricks can be joined using mortar, adhesives or by interlocking them. Bricks are usually produced at brickworks in numerous classes, types, materials, and sizes which vary with region and time period, and are produced in bulk quantities. ''Block'' is a similar term referring to a rectangular building unit composed of similar materials, but is usually larger than a brick. Lightweight bricks (also called lightweight blocks) are made from expanded clay aggregate. Fired bricks are one of the longest-lasting and strongest building materials, sometimes referred to as artificial stone, and have been used since circa 4000 BC. Air-dried bricks, also known as mud-bricks, have a history older than fired bricks, and have an additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Guinea-Bissau
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
