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.
The sector's land area covers 174.8 km.
Safim is part of the Metropolitan Region of Bissau, a conurbation that includes the cities of Bissau, Prabis and Nhacra.
In this city, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, is the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the only international airport in the country.
Its name is a reference to the Safim River, which cuts through the sectorial territory.
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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11°57′N 15°39′W / 11.950°N 15.650°W
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