Safim

Safim is a city and sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau.

Roundabout in front of Osvaldo Vieira Airport, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, Safim city.

In the 2009 census, only the city of Safim had a population of 2 817 inhabitants.[1] The sector's land area was equivalent to 174.8 km².[2]

Safim is part of the Metropolitan Region of Bissau, a conurbation that includes the cities of Bissau, Prabis and Nhacra.[3]

In this city, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, is the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the only international airport in the country.[4]

Its name is a reference to the Safim River, which cuts through the sectorial territory.[5]

Natives

Natives include Rafael Paula Barbosa.

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gollark: osmarks.net runs on some old tower server with 4 cores and 4GB and it "works".
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References
  1. Brinkhoff, Thomas.. Population of Guinea-Bissau by census years. City Population. 11 de agosto de 2018.
  2. Estudo: Guiné-Bissau. Lisboa: ANEME, 2018.
  3. Cá, Natália Ernesto. A família e o trabalho: trajetória da Educação de crianças talibés na Guiné-Bissau. São Francisco do Conde: Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, 2017.
  4. Apresentação. Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau. 2019.
  5. Map of Bissau and Bissagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1953


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