Caravela (sector)
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Coordinates | 11 ° 35 ′ N , 16 ° 17 ′ W | |
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Country | Guinea-Bissau | |
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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
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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:
- Caravela (main island)
- Carache
- Maio
- Ponta (Nago)
- Formosa
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Statistical Report Guinea-Bissau 2015 (p. 10), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE on December 25, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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