Canjadude
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Coordinates | 12 ° 5 ′ N , 14 ° 14 ′ W | |
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Country | Guinea-Bissau | |
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region | Gabu | |
ISO 3166-2 | GW-GA | |
Residents | 911 (2009) |
Canjadude is a town in the administrative sector of Gabú in the region of the same name in Guinea-Bissau . The place has 911 inhabitants (as of 2009).
history
During the Portuguese colonial war , which lasted from 1963 to 1974 in Guinea-Bissau and was waged particularly intensively, units of the Portuguese Army maintained a base in Canjadude.
The PAIGC independence movement attacked the base several times. After the Carnation Revolution in Portugal on April 25, 1974 and the subsequent end of the colonial war, Guinea-Bissau's independence was recognized on September 10, 1974.
Then Canjadude was officially handed over. At the handover ceremony in the presence of both previously hostile military units that was flag of Portugal sought and the Flag of Guinea-Bissau hoisted stationed here Portuguese hunters - Battalion CCaç5 moved thereafter.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 109), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE of January 4, 2018