Pecixe is an island in

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 ), ...

. It is a coastal island belonging to the

Cacheu Region Cacheu is a region in western Guinea-Bissau, on the border with Senegal. It has an area of 5,175 km2 and a population estimated in 2004 at 164,676. Its capital is Cacheu. There has not been any local administration since the civil war of 199 ...

and the Caió sector. Its area is 167 km². The island has a population of 3,207 (2009 census); the largest village is Cassaca.População por região, sector e localidades por sexo censo 2009
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística Guiné-Bissau The language of the island is reported to be Mandjak, a language of Guinea-Bissau with over 72,000 speakers altogether.Diedrich Westermann & Margaret Arminel Bryan, ''The Languages of West Africa'' International African Institute 1970. Jeta island lies to the west. It is 3 km off the mainland, about 50 km west of the capital city Bissau.

Climate

Cassaga, the largest village on the island has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

(Aw) with little to no rainfall from November to May and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October.

References

Atlantic islands of Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Region {{GuineaBissau-geo-stub

Climate

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