Empada is a town and a
sector
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with the same name in the
Quinara region of
Guinea-Bissau
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.
The city is located on the
Buba
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During his presidency, former President of Guinea-Bissau Kumba Yala planned to move th ...
river, the sector borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Originally, residents settled on the site of the town because of the presence of a natural spring, locally called "sanjuna". The Portuguese government tiled the well in 1946 and named it ''Fonte Frondosa'' (the leafy fountain).
The city has 2267 inhabitants; the sector has 17,517 inhabitants (census 2009).
Children under the age of five constituted 22% of the population. Illiteracy is high: 11% of men and 23% of women were unable to read and write in 2009.
The inhabitants are mainly of the
Beafada population with significant minorities of
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and some
Balanta and
Fula
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The city of Empada has two parts with a subdivision into three districts (''bairros''), each with a village elder.
The sector Empada includes 85 towns, mainly rural villages (''tabancas'').
The main locations are (population in brackets, according to the 2009 census):
* Batambali (690)
* Darsalam (713)
* Empada (2267)
* Francunda Beafada (1255)
* Gã-Comba Beafada (588)
* Medina de Cima Beafada (234)
* Madina de Baixo (387)
* Sao Miguel Balanta (387)
In addition to a few dozen primary schools, Empada has a lyceum called Liceu Dom Settimio A.Ferrazetti. In 2021 the lyceum had more than 1000 students. There is a health center called Rui Djassi with about ten beds and a delivery room (''maternidade'').
The main economic activities of the population of the sector are cashew cultivation, palm oil production, fishing and, mostly for their own use, cultivation of peanuts, beans, rice and various fruits.
The Guinea-Bissau politician
Teodora Inácia Gomes
Teodora Inácia Gomes (born 13 September 1944) is a politician, feminist and women's rights activist, who is a former fighter in the struggle for Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portuguese rule, and is Deputy Leader of African Party for the In ...
was born in 1944 in Empada.
References
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Quinara Region
Sectors of Guinea-Bissau