Bolama is the main town of Bolama Island and the capital of the Bolama Region. Though once the capital of Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau), it has...
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Bolama may refer to several locations in Guinea-Bissau: Bolama Region Bolama Island Bolama (town), capital of the region and main town of the island This...
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Bolama is the closest of the Bissagos Islands to the mainland of Guinea-Bissau. The island has a population of 6,024 (2009 census). It shares its name...
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Guinea or Colony of Bolama and Bolama River, was a colony of the United Kingdom in West Africa. Its capital was in the city of Bolama. The colony was founded...
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populated island, Bubaque. The administrative capital, Bolama is situated on the island of Bolama. There is a high diversity of ecosystems: mangroves with...
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Ávila e Bolama (Marquis of Ávila and Bolama). After another eight years, on 14 May 1878, King Luis raised him still higher to Duque de Ávila e Bolama (Duke...
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in Cadique. Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949–), former Prime Minister. Born in Bolama. Rogério Araújo Adolfo Herbert, diplomat Kumba Ialá (1953–2014), former...
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11°20′N 16°5′W / 11.333°N 16.083°W / 11.333; -16.083 Bolama is an administrative region in Guinea-Bissau, consisting primarily of the Bijagós Archipelago...
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of Ávila and Bolama (Marquês de Ávila e Bolama) in 1870, and finally by a royal decree dated from May 14, 1878, to Duke of Ávila and Bolama (Duque de Ávila...
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of Bissau depended mainly on the (now abandoned) Bolama airport, which was close to the town of Bolama, the colonial capital of Guinea until 1941. Travellers...
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equivalent to modern-day Guinea-Bissau. In 1941 the capital moved from Bolama to Bissau. (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For...
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led to a brief attempt in the 1790s to establish a base on the island of Bolama, which showed no evidence of continuous Portuguese presence. The British...
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Coat of Arms of the Duke of Ávila and Bolama....
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brief period in the 1790s, the British tried to establish a foothold on Bolama Island. Guinea-Bissau was among the first regions whose people engaged in...
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Leste (East): Bafatá, Gabu Norte (North): Biombo, Cacheu, Oio Sul (South): Bolama, Quinara, Tombali List of regions of Guinea-Bissau by Human Development...
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Building, Asmara, 1938 Rex Theatre, Accra, 1937 Roxy Theatre, Accra Cine Bolama, Bolama, Sul Province Cine UDIB, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 1940s Monumento aos...
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Sectors of Guinea-Bissau (section Bolama Region)
Domingos Bissorã Farim Mansaba Mansôa Nhacra Bissau (autonomous sector) Bolama Bubaque Caravela Uno Buba Empada Fulacunda Tite Bedanda Cacine Catió Quebo...
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EN Bolama, also known by its full name Estrela Negra de Bolama, is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Bolama. It is one of two chief clubs of the...
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relation to the royal family, was given the title of Duke of Ávila and Bolama in the 19th century. Spanish infantes and infantas are usually given a royal...
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Galinhas (category Bolama region)
Galinhas is located about 25 km southwest of Bolama town. The Canal de Bolama separates it from Bolama Island, the easternmost island of the group that...
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Canal de Bolama is a strait in the coast of Guinea-Bissau on the Atlantic Ocean. The Canal de Bolama runs from NW to SE and is located to the east of...
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relation to the royal family, was given the title of duke of Ávila and Bolama. Duke of Braganza (the principal grandeza of the Portuguese royal dynasty...
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the countries in which BNU operated. BNU opened branches in Macau and in Bolama, Portuguese Guinea (present-day Guinea-Bissau) in 1902, in Dili, East Timor...
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it into Portuguese Guinea.: 9 In 1941 the capital was transferred from Bolama to Bissau. 1959 saw the bloody repression of a dockworkers' strike, a key...
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Mansôa 8,313 Oio 8 Buba 7,898 Quinara 9 Cacheu 5,891 Cacheu 10 Quinhámel 5,825 Biombo 11 Quebo 5,454 Quinara 12 Catió 5,081 Tombali 13 Bolama 5,026 Bolama...
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situation with Bolama: appears in Angop only as one of the shareholders of BCI. It is probably the company which once was or is BOLAMA EMPRESA REGIONAL...
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Press. ISBN 978-0-2520-8117-0. Ribeiro, Fernando Tabanez (2018). Guiné-Bolama: história e memórias (in Portuguese). Oeiras, Portugal: Programa Fim do...
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Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau...
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towns of the country: Canchungo, Ongoré, Mansôa, Bafatá, Gabú, Buba, Catió, Bolama, Bubaque, and Quinhamel. The percentage of Portuguese speakers increased...
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Name Area (ha) Archipel Bolama-Bijagós 1046950 Lagoa de Cufada 39098 Lagune de Wendu Tcham 14970.18 Parc Naturel des Mangroves du Fleuve Cacheu (PNTC)...
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