Buruntuma

Buruntuma
Buruntuma
Coordinates	12 ° 26 ′  N , 13 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 12 ° 26 ′  N , 13 ° 39 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Guinea-Bissau
province	Leste
region	Gabu
Residents	1159 (2009)

Buruntuma is a town in eastern Guinea-Bissau with 1,159 inhabitants in three districts (as of 2009).

The border crossing in Buruntuma

The place belongs to the administrative sector of Pitche .

Buruntuma is a border town from Guinea-Bissau to the much larger neighboring country Guinea-Conakry to the east and south .

From Buruntuma a road runs northwest to Canquelifá and a southwest to Pitche.

The Portuguese-guineabissauische Afro House - DJ and musician DJ Buruntuma has named after the town.

history

In the Portuguese colonial war , which lasted from 1963 to 1974 in Guinea-Bissau and was waged particularly intensively there, the remote area around Buruntuma was also the scene of reciprocal commandos and sieges.

In February 1970, the PAIGC independence movement launched a bloody attack on the small Portuguese garrison in Buruntuma. As a result, the camp was reinforced by new Portuguese forces (especially the PelCaçNat65 ), who also launched counter-attacks in the area.

Web links

Commons : Buruntuma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (pp. 98f, port.), PDF retrieval from the INE National Statistics Office of January 6, 2018
2. ↑ Road map of Guinea-Bissau on www.ontheworldmap.com, accessed on January 6, 2018
3. ↑ Original sound from Portuguese DJ Buruntuma on WDR radio station COSMO , accessed on January 6, 2018
4. ↑ Page DJ Buruntumas at SoundCloud , accessed on January 6, 2018