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Place in Cacheu Region, Guinea-Bissau
Cacheu is a town in northwestern Guinea-Bissau lying on the Cacheu River, capital of the eponymous region. Its population was estimated to be 9,849 as
Cacheu
Region of Guinea-Bissau
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
Cacheu_region
The Fort of Cacheu is located near the mouth of the Cacheu River, in the city of Cacheu, Cacheu region, in the northwest of Guinea-Bissau. The establishment
Cacheu_Fort
Portuguese colonial company in West Africa
The Company of Cacheu and Rivers and Commerce of Guinea (Portuguese: Companhia de Cacheu, rios e comércio da Guiné) was a Portuguese colonial company
Company of Cacheu and Rivers and Commerce of Guinea
Company_of_Cacheu_and_Rivers_and_Commerce_of_Guinea
River in Guinea-Bissau
The Cacheu (Portuguese: Rio Cacheu) is a river of Guinea-Bissau also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of
Cacheu_River
1865 Joaquim Alberto Marques, Governor of Praça de Cacheu c. 1868 - c. 1871 João Carlos Cordeiro Lobo de Almeida Neto Fortes, Governor of Praça de Cacheu
List of captains-major of Cacheu
List_of_captains-major_of_Cacheu
Coastal island in Guinea-Bissau
by Jeta channel. Jeta belongs to the Caió administrative sector in the Cacheu region. Its area is 109 km². List of islands of Guinea-Bissau Ilha de Jeta
Jeta_(Guinea-Bissau)
West African slave trader
of the main ports of the West African region, such as Guinguim, Farim, Cacheu and Geba. She actively participated in trade networks connected to regional
Crispina_Peres
Place in Oio Region, Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau. It sits on the north bank of the Farim/Cacheu River, about 215 km (135 miles) up the river from Cacheu. Population 8,661 (2009 census). Farim was
Farim
Portugal Chartered Company
The Cacheu and Cape Verde Company (Portuguese: Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde) was a chartered company created by Portugal which operated the colonies
Cacheu_and_Cape_Verde_Company
grouped into 3 provinces: Leste (East): Bafatá, Gabu Norte (North): Biombo, Cacheu, Oio Sul (South): Bolama, Quinara, Tombali List of regions of Guinea-Bissau
Regions_of_Guinea-Bissau
West African ethnic group
primarily live in the Bassarel and Babok areas in the northern coastal Cacheu Region. The Manjak language is classified as part of the Bak languages,
Manjak_people
Country in West Africa
retreated to Cacheu after the captain-major was captured and killed by the local king. They did not return until the 1750s. Meanwhile, the Cacheu and Cape
Guinea-Bissau
National park in Guinea-Bissau
The Cacheu River Mangroves Natural Park (Portuguese: Parque Natural dos Tarrafes do Rio Cacheu) is a national park situated on the Cacheu River in Guinea-Bissau
Cacheu River Mangroves Natural Park
Cacheu_River_Mangroves_Natural_Park
Guinea-Bissau List of captains-major of Bissau List of captains-major of Cacheu List of governors of Portuguese Guinea List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau
List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
List_of_presidents_of_Guinea-Bissau
Nhara slave trader in Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau
Bibiana Vaz de França (c. 1630 – 1694+) was a prominent nhara slave-trader in Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau. Bibiana Vaz was a Lançada, or Luso-African born to a Kriston
Bibiana_Vaz
Administrative divisions of Guinea-Bissau
Xitole Boe Gabú Piche Pirada Sonaco Prabis Quinhamel Safim Bigene Bula Cacheu Caio Canghungo São Domingos Bissorã Farim Mansaba Mansôa Nhacra Bissau (autonomous
Sectors_of_Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau List of captains-major of Bissau List of captains-major of Cacheu List of governors of Portuguese Guinea List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau
List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau
List_of_prime_ministers_of_Guinea-Bissau
Capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau
1680 Bissau even helped the Portuguese in a conflict with the Papels of Cacheu. The city was founded in 1687 as a Portuguese trading post. During this
Bissau
City in Ziguinchor Region, Senegal
lower Casamance river and one end of a portage route to Buguendo on the Cacheu River, and has likely been an important trading post for many centuries
Ziguinchor
Americans of Bissau-Guinean birth or descent
in the slavery trade in Africa and that had, between other slave ports, Cacheu and Bissau, been occupied by the Portuguese from the late fifteenth century
Bissau-Guinean_Americans
British historian and author
published The Heretic of Cacheu: Struggles over Life in a Seventeenth-Century West African Port, a global microhistory of Cacheu, an early slave-trading
Toby_Green
slaves to the Antilles. It was in this context that the captain-major of Cacheu, António de Barros Bezerra, reported back to Lisbon the French pretensions
Fortaleza de São José da Amura
Fortaleza_de_São_José_da_Amura
Portuguese-based creole in Casamance, Senegal
The Casamance Creole or Cacheu-Ziguinchor Creole also Portuguis Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language that is considered a dialect of Guinea-Bissau
Casamance_Creole
Portuguese colonial administrator (1813-1859)
the local population might achieve. He was captain major (governor) of Cacheu for three terms, the first was between March 30, 1834 to 1835, the second
Honório_Barreto
River in Guinea-Bissau
Physical characteristics Source Guinea-Bissau • location Guinea-Bissau Mouth Rio Cacheu/Rio Farim • location 12° 29' 2.00" N -15° 13' 18.01" W, Guinea-Bissau Discharge
Rio_de_Canjambari
São Tomé Island, Príncipe, Annobón Province, Bioko, Portuguese Angola, Cacheu, Ziguinchor, Ouidah, Bissau "The World at Six Billion". UN Population Division
List of countries by population in 1700
List_of_countries_by_population_in_1700
1588–1974 Portuguese colony in West Africa
was mainly limited to the rivers of Guinea, the settlements of Bissau, Cacheu and Ziguinchor (the last now in Senegal). Elsewhere it was preserved, with
Portuguese_Guinea
Bissau and other towns in Guinea-Bissau are Manjako women from Caio in the Cacheu Region. They tend to be over 30 and wait in designated rooms in their houses
Prostitution_in_Guinea-Bissau
Bafatá 4 Canchungo 12,044 Cacheu 5 Bissorã 9,898 Oio 6 Farim 9,005 Oio 7 Mansôa 8,313 Oio 8 Buba 7,898 Quinara 9 Cacheu 5,891 Cacheu 10 Quinhámel 5,825 Biombo
List of cities in Guinea-Bissau
List_of_cities_in_Guinea-Bissau
Capital and largest city of Portugal
is twinned with: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (1985) Budapest, Hungary (1992) Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau (1988) Fortaleza, Brazil (2016) Guimarães, Portugal (1993)
Lisbon
Place in Cacheu Region, Guinea-Bissau
Canchungo is a town located in the western Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau formerly known as Vila Teixeira Pinto after Major João Teixeira Pinto, the Portuguese
Canchungo
Early Portuguese settlers in West Africa
significant power in the early development of port economies in Bissau, Cacheu, and surrounding areas. At the time of Prince Henry the Navigator's death
Lançados
Zambia Africa 0.595 8 0.536 1500 Lekoumou Congo Africa 0.649 10 0.535 1501 Cacheu Guinea-Bissau Africa 0.514 2 0.535 1502 Moxico Angola Africa 0.616 15
List of subnational entities by Human Development Index
List_of_subnational_entities_by_Human_Development_Index
18th-century fort in central Brazil
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
New_Coimbra_Fort
Sector and city of the Cacheu Region in Guinea-Bissau
São Domingos is both a Sector and a city in the Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau. The sector contains the main border checkpoint to Senegal between Jegue
São_Domingos_(Guinea-Bissau)
settlement of Buguendo near Cacheu in 1580 and Guinala in 1583 (where they retreated to a fort). In 1590 they built a fort at Cacheu, which the local Manjaks
History_of_Guinea-Bissau
are accessible to coastal shipping in Guinea-Bissau. Port of Bissau Buba Cacheu Farim In 1999 no merchant vessels were operating. Imports and exports moving
Transport_in_Guinea-Bissau
Ethnic group
sites along waterways, portages, and trade paths between the Gambia and Cacheu rivers.... Possibly Banyun served as a generic term for "trader," much as
Bainuk_people
Former territory of the Kingdom of Portugal
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Portuguese_Negapatam
Surname list
Africans) settlers: Bibiana Vaz, seventeenth century slave-trader from Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau. This page lists people with the surname Vaz. If an internal
Vaz_(surname)
Portuguese-based creole of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia
this creole in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal: Bissau and Bolama, Bafata, and Cacheu–Ziguinchor. The creole's substrate language is the language of the local
Guinea-Bissau_Creole
Venetian explorer and slave trader (c. 1432–1483)
mentioning as "comparable" to Cacheu. R.H. Henry (1868: p.284-5) proposes Cadamosto likely affixed Santa Anna to Cacheu and St. Dominico to Rio Mansoa
Alvise_Cadamosto
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to 2015
went, with the rest of his family, to Bissau and, soon after, in 1969, to Cacheu, where he attended primary school. In 1974, he joined the first groups of
Domingos_Simões_Pereira
(10 to 100 m3/s) River Average discharge (m3/s) at mouth Katuma 98 Cacheu 94 Grand Cess 93 Galana 90 Casamance 86 Tensift 74 Songwe 70 Ruvu 68 Great Kei
List_of_rivers_of_Africa
Entry for Guinea-Bissau in ISO 3166-2
GW-BS Bissau SAB autonomous sector — GW-BL Bolama / Bijagós region S GW-CA Cacheu region N GW-GA Gabú region L GW-OI Oio region N GW-QU Quinara region S GW-TO
ISO_3166-2:GW
9833; -15.8667 Length 9.5 km (5.9 mi) Width 1.9 km (1.18 mi) Highest elevation 9 m (30 ft) Administration Guinea-Bissau Region Cacheu Region Sector Caió
Lisboa_Island_(Guinea-Bissau)
Bissau-Guinean poet and short story writer
Guinea-Bissau. Domingas Samy was born on January 2, 1955 in Bula in the Cacheu Region of the colony of Portuguese Guinea. She attended the Honório Barreto
Domingas_Samy
Former kingdom dominant in Lower Casamance, present-day Senegal
Tenda areas to the east. They established numerous kingdoms between the Cacheu River and the Gambia, which eventually federated into Kasa. In the 15th
Kasa_kingdom
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Fort_São_Miguel_de_Chicova
African polity
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Portuguese_Asilah
International organization
non-capital cities; namely: Brasília (1986; capital of Brazil since 1960), Cacheu and Luanda (1989), Guimarães (1990), Taipa and Coloane islands (1991), Santo
Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries
Ethnic group found in Guinea-Bissau, Casamance (Senegal), and Guinea
relations were so friendly Lemos Coelho encouraged a movement of persons from Cacheu to Bissau due to the excellent treatment of Lançados in the Kingdom of Bissau
Papel_people
Historic military fortress in Sri Lanka
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Galle_Fort
sector of Bissau and Bolama region, consisting of the Bijagós Islands. In Cacheu and Biombo, adherents of traditional religions are the largest group though
Religion_in_Guinea-Bissau
Waterway in Senegal
of Senegal. It is located between the Gambia River to the north and the Cacheu and Geba rivers to the south. There is a bridge at Ziguinchor, one of the
Casamance_River
1880s–1910s Portuguese colonial campaigns
chosen as the capital but Portugal also held the settlements of Ziguinchor, Cacheu, Farim, Bissau, and Geba. Once the new province was created, all 250 soldiers
Portuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
Portuguese_campaigns_of_pacification_and_occupation
Coastal tidal mangrove swamp ecoregion on West African coast
lower Gambia River basin; much of the coast of Guinea-Bissau, including the Cacheu and Mansoa Rivers; across the border in northern Guinea; and much of the
Guinean_mangroves
Overview of the possessions of the Portuguese Empire
recognized by Portugal in 1974. Cacheu: captaincy (1640–1879). United with Bissau in 1879. Bissau: settlement under Cacheu (1687–1696); captaincy (1696–1707);
Evolution of the Portuguese Empire
Evolution_of_the_Portuguese_Empire
Bissau-Guinean footballer (born 1997)
Panutche Amadu Pereira Camará (born 28 February 1997) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward for Scottish club
Panutche_Camará
President of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to 2020
in 1957 to Mário Vaz and Amelia Gomes in Calequisse, outside the city of Cacheu in northern Guinea-Bissau. He is married and has three children. He graduated
José_Mário_Vaz
Jola language spoken in Senegal
Bayot Native to Senegal, Guinea-Bissau Region Ziguinchor, Cacheu Native speakers 35,000 (2021–2022) Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senegambian
Bayot_language
1721 to 1730 Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor 1730 Under Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde 1730 to 1732 Francisco Pereira Mendes, Governor 17?? to
List of governors of São João Baptista de Ajudá
List_of_governors_of_São_João_Baptista_de_Ajudá
Overview of political and geographical subdivisions by area
Honduras. Colima 5,191 State of Mexico. Mayenne 5,175 Department of France. Cacheu 5,174.9 Region of Guinea-Bissau. Aichi 5,172.48 Prefecture of Japan. Lozère
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area (all)
List_of_political_and_geographic_subdivisions_by_total_area_(all)
Region of Guinea-Bissau
Geba/Guinea-Bissau region of Quinara to the south and the Guinea-Bissau region of Cacheu to the west. There has not been any local administration since the civil
Oio_region
Jola language spoken in West Africa
Calequisse (Kaləkis), on the western edge of the Manjak area south of the Cacheu River. A person is called ɸuluɸ or ajamuʂay by speakers of the dialect,
Jola-Felupe_language
Former british colony
Guinea was already being gradually explored by the Portuguese from 1490 in Cacheu, from 1615 in Bafatá, from 1641 in Farim and from 1697 in Bissau. In this
British_Guinea
National Park Dulombi National Park Orango National Park Varela National Park Cacheu River Mangroves Natural Park Assagny National Park Banco National Park Comoé
List of national parks in Africa
List_of_national_parks_in_Africa
Province in Guinea-Bissau
North is a province in Guinea-Bissau. It consists Biombo, Cacheu and Oio regions. The notes of the Pole of Dakar - Guinea-Bissau (PDF). unesco. p. 1. Margin
North,_Guinea-Bissau
Historic site in Goa, India
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Fort_Aguada
River in West Africa
also drains the Gabú Plain, along with the Farim River (also known as the Cacheu River), and their tributaries. The Geba has long been an important trade
Geba_River
English trading company
Company Emden Company New Guinea Company West African Company Portuguese Cacheu and Cape Verde Company East India Company Grão Pará and Maranhão Company
Virginia_Company
Fortress in Daman
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Fort_São_Jerónimo
Guinea-Bissau with Senegal. On the lower side is the São Domingos district of the Cacheu Region of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; above it is the Oussouye Department
Cape_Roxo
capital is Salvador. 1614 The Kingdom of Portugal establishes the colony of Cacheu in what is now Guinea-Bissau. 1616 30 October Taizu establishes the Later
Timeline of geopolitical changes (1500–1899)
Timeline_of_geopolitical_changes_(1500–1899)
Bissau-Guinean footballer (1967–2024)
Romão António dos Santos (24 August 1967 – 14 March 2024) was a Bissau-Guinean football manager and player. He played as a midfielder. Dos Santos was born
Romão_dos_Santos
Guinea-Bissauan/Portuguese footballer
Tijane Freitas Reis (born 28 June 1991), simply known as Tijane, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for German club FSV Bernau as a left
Tijane_Reis
66.67 — — — −1.35 65.32 0.23 65.55 63.01 68.87 5.86 −1.12 Guinea-Bissau Cacheu 64.96 — — — −1.31 63.65 0.22 63.87 61.46 66.84 5.38 −1.09 Guinea-Bissau
List of African regions by life expectancy
List_of_African_regions_by_life_expectancy
Restored medieval fort
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Ponda_Fort
Topics referred to by the same term
Guinea-Bissau. Farim may also refer to: Farim, name for the upper course of the Cacheu River, in Guinea-Bissau Farim, Iran, a city in northern Iran Farim Rural
Farim_(disambiguation)
Politician from Guinea-Bissau
Assembly in 1977. She was also governor of Bafatá Region from 1985 to 1990, Cacheu Region from 1990 to 1995, and Gabú Region from 1997 to 1999. She kept her
Adja_Satú_Camará
Species of mammal
that contain manatees include: the Senegal, Saloum, Gambia, Casamance, Cacheu, Mansôa, Geba, Buba, Tombali, Cacine, Kogon, Konkouré, Sierra Leone, Great
African_manatee
Bissau-Guinean politician
National People's Assembly as a PAIGC candidate in the 21st constituency, Cacheu e Sao Domingos. Following the election, at a meeting of the PAIGC Central
Francisco_Benante
Sector of Cacheu Region, Guinea-Bissau
Bigene is a sector in the Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau. In December, 1969, Bigene was referenced in United Nations Security Council Resolution 273, after
Bigene
Former Portuguese colonial official
1687–1879; see Colonial Heads of Bissau Cacheu (after Administrators since 1614) c. 1640–1879; see also Colonial Heads of Cacheu in present-day Ghana, since the
Donatary_captain
Historic site in Goa, India
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Cabo_de_Rama_Fort
Trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company in the region of Senegal
trade in the area, including shipping slaves out of the Portuguese post at Cacheu to Curacao. By the 1630s they had created several fortified trading posts
Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)
Senegambia_(Dutch_West_India_Company)
The Company of Cacheu and Rivers and Commerce of Guinea, which operated between 1676 and 1682, was succeeded by the Company of Cacheu and Cape Verde in
History_of_Cape_Verde
Biombo Mavegro Futebol Clube Oio Soccer Club OS Balantas Prabis Quinara FC Tite AFC Tombali SC União Desportiva Internacional F.C.Vitoria Cacheu RSSSF
List of football clubs in Guinea-Bissau
List_of_football_clubs_in_Guinea-Bissau
List of wetlands protected under the Ramsar Convention
Area (ha) Archipel Bolama-Bijagós 1046950 Lagoa de Cufada 39098 Lagune de Wendu Tcham 14970.18 Parc Naturel des Mangroves du Fleuve Cacheu (PNTC) 88615
List_of_Ramsar_Sites
Island in Guinea-Bissau
Elia) is an island in Guinea-Bissau. It is located on the right bank of the Cacheu River close to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. The island's western end
Elia_Island
with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Cacheu River Farim River Canjambari River Ongueringão Elia River (Rio Elia) Mansoa
List of rivers of Guinea-Bissau
List_of_rivers_of_Guinea-Bissau
English chartered company that controlled Bermuda
Company Emden Company New Guinea Company West African Company Portuguese Cacheu and Cape Verde Company East India Company Grão Pará and Maranhão Company
Somers_Isles_Company
Portuguese Jesuit missionary to Africa
travelled to Bissau the next year, and Sierra Leone; he visited Benin in 1607, Cacheu in 1608. He died on June 4, 1612. His literary works consist chiefly of
Baltasar_Barreira
Fort in the harbor of Old Muscat, Oman
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Al_Jalali_Fort
Fort and museum in Salvador, Brazil
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra
Forte_de_Santo_Antônio_da_Barra
minesweeper used as an hydrographic survey vessel; ex-HMCS Fort York F470 Cacheu 1965–74 Converted British Bangor-class minesweeper; ex-HMCS Caraquet, ex-NRP
List of ships of the Portuguese Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_Portuguese_Navy
D'El-Rei Duque de Bragança Principe Real São Filipe São José Guinea-Bissau Cacheu Fort São José Angola Ambaca Fort Caconda Fort Cambambe Fort Muxima Fort
São_Marcelo_Fort
Separatist movement in Casamance, Senegal
Badji signed a ceasefire agreement with Senegal's Defence Minister in Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau. However, the Front Sud faction of Atika, who had deviated
Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
Movement_of_Democratic_Forces_of_Casamance
Region of Guinea-Bissau
proportion form estuaries in the coastal regions. The principal river, Cacheu, flows through the region. The climate is tropical savanna (Köppen Aw) north
Tombali_region
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