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Pirada
Pirada is a Sector in the Gabú Region of Guinea-Bissau. It is a town and an administrative division (sector) in the northeast area of Guinea-Bissau with an area of 934.4 km² and a population of 2,629. Pirada is near the border between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ... and is very sparsely populated with only 35 people per square kilometer. References Gabu Region Sectors of Guinea-Bissau Populated places in Guinea-Bissau {{guineaBissau-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabú Region
Gabú Region is the easternmost region in Guinea-Bissau. Its capital is Gabú. The region borders Senegal to the north, Guinea to the east and south and the Guinea-Bissau regions of Tombali and Bafatá to the west. It covers an area of 9,150 km2, making it the largest of Guinea-Bissau's administrative regions. 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 205,608, with the urban population being 51,211 and rural being 154,397. The sex ratio of the region is 94 females for every hundred males. As of 2009, the net activity rate was 72.44 per cent, proportion of employed labour force was 43.86 per cent, proportion of labour force was 74.48 and the proportion of potentially active population was 43.86 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabu Region
Gabú Region is the easternmost region in Guinea-Bissau. Its capital is Gabú. The region borders Senegal to the north, Guinea to the east and south and the Guinea-Bissau regions of Tombali and Bafatá to the west. It covers an area of 9,150 km2, making it the largest of Guinea-Bissau's administrative regions. 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 205,608, with the urban population being 51,211 and rural being 154,397. The sex ratio of the region is 94 females for every hundred males. As of 2009, the net activity rate was 72.44 per cent, proportion of employed labour force was 43.86 per cent, proportion of labour force was 74.48 and the proportion of potentially active population was 43.86 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sectors Of Guinea-Bissau
There are 39 sectors of Guinea-Bissau (singular: ''setor'', plural: ''setores'') which subdivide the regions. The sectors are further subdivided into smaller groups called ''sections'' (singular: ''secção'', plural: ''secções''); which are further subdivided into populated places (i.e.: towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities, etc.). Here are the following listed below, by region: Eastern Guinea-Bissau Bafata Region * Bafata * Bambadinca * Contuboel * Galomaro * Gamamundo * Xitole Gabú Region * Boe * Gabú * Piche * Pirada * Sonaco Northern Guinea-Bissau Biombo Region * Prabis * Quinhamel * Safim Cacheu Region * Bigene * Bula * Cacheu * Caio * Canghungo * São Domingos Oio Region * Bissorã * Farim * Mansaba * Mansôa * Nhacra Bissau Region * Bissau (autonomous sector) Southern Guinea-Bissau Bolama Region * Bolama * Bubaque * Caravela * Uno Quinara Region * Buba * Empada * Fulacunda * Tite Tombali Region * Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau–Senegal Border
The Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border is 341 km (212 m) in length and runs from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the tripoint with Guinea in the east. Description The border starts in the west at Cape Roxo on the Atlantic coast, and the proceeds overland in a north-easterly directions via a series of irregular and straight lines past the 12th parallel north; at 12°40N it turns east and then follows a straight line to the Guinean tripoint. History Portugal began exploring the coastal areas of modern Guinea-Bissau in the mid-1400s; Bissau was founded in 1765 and became the centre of the Portuguese trade in slaves, gold and ivory along a vaguely defined area along the coast referred to as Portuguese Guinea. France had also taken an interest in the region, settling on the coast of modern Senegal in the 17th century; the French gradually extended their rule further inland from the mid-1800s onward. The 1880s saw an intense competition between the European powers for territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sectors Of Guinea-Bissau
There are 39 sectors of Guinea-Bissau (singular: ''setor'', plural: ''setores'') which subdivide the regions. The sectors are further subdivided into smaller groups called ''sections'' (singular: ''secção'', plural: ''secções''); which are further subdivided into populated places (i.e.: towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities, etc.). Here are the following listed below, by region: Eastern Guinea-Bissau Bafata Region * Bafata * Bambadinca * Contuboel * Galomaro * Gamamundo * Xitole Gabú Region * Boe * Gabú * Piche * Pirada * Sonaco Northern Guinea-Bissau Biombo Region * Prabis * Quinhamel * Safim Cacheu Region * Bigene * Bula * Cacheu * Caio * Canghungo * São Domingos Oio Region * Bissorã * Farim * Mansaba * Mansôa * Nhacra Bissau Region * Bissau (autonomous sector) Southern Guinea-Bissau Bolama Region * Bolama * Bubaque * Caravela * Uno Quinara Region * Buba * Empada * Fulacunda * Tite Tombali Region * Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤« 𞤄ðž¤ðž¤§ðž¤¢ðž¥„𞤱𞤮, 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] |
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Renndaandi Senegaali); Arabic: جمهورية السنغال ''Jumhuriat As-Sinighal'') is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is notably the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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