Bijimita
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 53 ′ N , 15 ° 51 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Guinea-Bissau | ||
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| region | Biombo | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GW-BM | ||
| Residents | 760 (2009) | ||
Bijimta , also Reino Bijimita , is a village (Tabanca) in western Guinea-Bissau . The place is in the administrative sector of Quinhamel and has 760 inhabitants (as of 2009).
history
The place name goes back to a historical "Kingdom of Bijimita" that was known here in the 17th century.
In connection with the cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau in 1994, Bijimita was also the subject of several international studies.
In 2011 a Brazilian evangelical religious group established a local church here.
Personalities
- Joãozinho Vieira Có (* 1963), diplomat and politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 50, item DR9), PDF access from the INE National Statistics Office of January 20, 2018
- ↑ Epidemic cholera in Guinea-Bissau: The challenge of preventing deaths in rural West Africa , PDF access at www.sciencedirect.com, accessed on January 20, 2018
- ↑ Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: The need for disinfection of bodies of persons dying of cholera , article from February 1998 on www.researchgate.net, accessed on January 20, 2018
- ↑ Overview of the activities of the King's Kids since 2010 , article from January 4, 2011 in the official blog of the King's Kids Guiné-Bissau (Portuguese), accessed on January 20, 2018