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Bafatá Airport
Bafatá Airport is an airport serving Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau. 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Transport In Guinea-Bissau
Transport infrastructure in Guinea-Bissau is basic, with most roads outside the capital Bissau being unpaved. Railways There are no railways in Guinea-Bissau. At the Port of Bissau, there was a small cargo railway working from the late 19th century into the 1940s. In 1998 an agreement was signed between Portugal and Guinea-Bissau for construction of a railway to Guinea, but the outbreak of the Guinea-Bissau Civil War in 1998 made these plans impossible. Roads * Total: 4,400 km * Paved: 453 km * Unpaved: 3,947 km (1996 est.) The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea-Bissau, connecting it to Banjul ( the Gambia), Conakry (Guinea), and eventually to 11 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Waterways Several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping in Guinea-Bissau. Seaports and harbours * Port of Bissau *Buba *Cacheu * Farim Merchant Marine In 1999 no merchant vessels were operating. Airports T ...
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List Of Airports In Guinea-Bissau
This is a list of airports in Guinea-Bissau, sorted by location. __TOC__ List See also * Transport in Guinea-Bissau * List of airports by ICAO code: G#GG - Guinea-Bissau * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Guinea-Bissau References * * External links * Lists of airports in Guinea-Bissau: *Great Circle Mapper*** {{Africa in topic, List of airports in Guinea-Bissau Airports Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ... Guinea-Bissau ...
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Airports In Guinea-Bissau
This is a list of airports in Guinea-Bissau, sorted by location. __TOC__ List See also * Transport in Guinea-Bissau * List of airports by ICAO code: G#GG - Guinea-Bissau * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Guinea-Bissau References * * External links * Lists of airports in Guinea-Bissau: *Great Circle Mapper*** {{Africa in topic, List of airports in Guinea-Bissau Airports Airports 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 ) ...
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