Bubaque

Bubaque
	Port area of Bubaque
Waters	Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago	Bissagos Archipelago
Geographical location	11 ° 17 ′ N , 15 ° 50 ′ W Coordinates: 11 ° 17 ′ N , 15 ° 50 ′ W
length	13.6 km
width	8 kilometers
surface	75 km²
Residents	6422 (2009) ; 86 inhabitants / km²
main place	Bubaque
	Map of the Bissagos Archipelago

Bubaque is an island in the Bissagos Archipelago , which belongs to Guinea-Bissau . Bubaque is the tourist and economic center of the Bissagos Islands. Around two thirds of the 6422 inhabitants (as of 2009) live in the capital of the same name in the north of the island.

The island belongs to the Bubaque administrative sector of the same name .

Bubaque can be reached by ferry from Bissau and by plane. There are also connections to numerous other islands in the archipelago.

history

At the beginning of the 20th century, German traders built a palm oil factory and an 18 km long asphalt road on Bubaque. To date, it is the only paved road on the Bissagos Islands. The ruins of the palm oil factory now serve as a market hall.

Sons and daughters of the island

Stefanie Gercke (* 1941), German-South African writer
Juvêncio Gomes (* 1944), independence fighter of the PAIGC , later mayor of the capital Bissau

Individual evidence

↑ INE População por região, sector, localidade e por sexo - RGPH 2009, page 58f (accessed on 27 October 2016)
↑ In the footsteps of the Germans in Bubaque

[1] INE População por região, sector, localidade e por sexo - RGPH 2009, page 58f (accessed on 27 October 2016)

[2] In the footsteps of the Germans in Bubaque