Safim
Safim is a city and sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau. It has a population of 17,356 inhabitants as of the 2009 national census.[1][2]
The sector's land area covers 174.8 km2.[3]
Safim is part of the Metropolitan Region of Bissau, a conurbation that includes the cities of Bissau, Prabis and Nhacra.[4]
In this city, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, is the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the only international airport in the country.[5]
Its name is a reference to the Safim River, which cuts through the sectorial territory.[6]
Natives
Natives include Rafael Paula Barbosa.
References
- ^ "Guinea-Bissau". City Population.
- ^ "Sectors of Guinea-Bissau". Statoids. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ Associação Nacional das Empresas Metalúrgicas e Electromecânicas (2018). Estudo Guiné-Bissau (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisboa.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cá, Natália Ernesto (2017). "A família e o trabalho: Trajetória da educação de crianças talibés na Guiné-Bissau" (PDF) (Final paper) (in Portuguese). Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira.
- ^ "Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau". Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ [Map of Bissau and Bissagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa] (Map). Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1953.
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