Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions (singular: região, plural: regiões) and 1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo). The regions are subdivided into a total of 37 sectors (singular: setor, plural: setores) ; which are further subdivided into smaller groups called sections (singular: secção, plural: secções); which are further subdivided into populated places (i.e.: towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities, etc.). Here are the following listed below:

Regions

A clickable map of Guinea-Bissau exhibiting its eight regions and one autonomous sector.Bafatá RegionBiombo RegionBiombo RegionBissau RegionBissau RegionBolama RegionCacheu RegionGabú RegionOio RegionQuinara RegionQuinara RegionTombali Region
A clickable map of Guinea-Bissau exhibiting its eight regions and one autonomous sector.
Region Capital Area[1] Population
(2009) 		Pv #S
km2 mi2
Bafatá Bafatá 5,981.1 2,309.3 210,007 E 6
Biombo Quinhámel 838.8 323.9 97,120 N 3
Bissau
 77.5 29.9 387,909 — 1
Bolama Bolama 2,624.4 1,013.3 34,563 S 3
Cacheu Cacheu 5,174.9 1,998.0 192,508 N 6
Gabu Gabu 9,150.0 3,532.8 215,530 E 5
Oio Farim 5,403.4 2,086.3 224,644 N 5
Quinara Buba 3,138.4 1,211.7 63,610 S 4
Tombali Catió 3,376.5 1,303.7 94,939 S 5

The regions can also be grouped into 3 provinces:

See also

References

  1. ^ Guinea-Bissau at GeoHive
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