Bafatá is a town in central

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 ) ...

, known as the birthplace of

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 foremo ...

. The town has a population of 22,501 (2008 est). It is the capital of

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 ...

as well as the seat of the

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 ...

, which was established in March 2001 with

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 Sant ...

as bishop. Bafatá is noted for its

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making. 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, and Maimama Cape, owned by a Cape Verdean, organizes trips to visit the animals for tourists. The town is in a derelict state; the streets contain tumbleweeds and cracked tarmac. Several of the main avenues are named Bissau, Brazil and Guiana.

Gallery

File:Mercado de Bafatá 2.jpg, Bafatá market File:Colonial building on Avenida Principal, Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau 1.jpg, Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau File:Day221-Bike-130612 (9290907859).jpg, Bafatá, GBW File:Rua principal de Bafatá - 20130612-DSC 9045.jpg, A residential street in Bafatá File:Bafatá_cathedral,_Bafatá,_Guinea-Bissau_2.jpg, '' Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça'' church, Downtown Bafatá File:20130612-DSC 9048 (9293655064).jpg, Children playing and fishing in the river File:Regional education administration in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau.jpg, Regional education administration building of Bafatá

References

Bafatá Region Populated places in Guinea-Bissau Geba River Sectors of Guinea-Bissau {{GuineaBissau-geo-stub