Caravela (sector)

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Caravela
Caravela (Guinea-Bissau)
Caravela
Caravela
Coordinates 11 ° 35 ′  N , 16 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 35 ′  N , 16 ° 17 ′  W
Basic data
Country Guinea-Bissau

province

Norte
region Biombo
ISO 3166-2 GW-BM
surface 174.8 km²
Residents 17,356 (2009)
density 99.3  Ew. / km²
Traditional residential huts on Caravela Island
Traditional residential huts on Caravela Island

Caravela is an administrative sector of Guinea-Bissau . It has an area of ​​1160 km² and 4263 inhabitants (as of 2009).

The sector is in the Bissagos Islands , since 1996 registered biosphere reserve of UNESCO . It consists of a number of islands with the eponymous main island Caravela .

In the traditionally matriarchal society, the woman is the decisive head of the family. Society is animistic and strongly committed to traditional traditions.

Economy and Transport

The livelihood is based on traditional fishing and the harvest of naturally irrigated rice, cashews , peanuts and the like. a.

Tourism is still developing here, the main attractions are nature, which is considered intact, and the people who live according to old traditions, and the white sandy beaches are also worth mentioning.

The sector has two airports:

  • Caravela airport, ICAO code GGCV
  • Formosa airport, ICAO code GGFO

structure

The Caravela sector consists of five islands:

There are also uninhabited islands (including Enu) and islets.

Until 2004, other islands belonged to the Caravela sector, in particular Uno , Unhacomo , Unhocomozinho and Uracane .
Since 2004 they have belonged to the then newly created UN sector .

Web links

Commons : Sector Caravela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual Statistical Report Guinea-Bissau 2015 (p. 10), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE on December 25, 2017
  2. ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 61, port.), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE of December 25, 2017
  3. ↑ a b c Joana benzinho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau . , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 129