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 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
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 cons ...
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, 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
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