Enxude

Enxude
Enxude
Coordinates	11 ° 50 ′  N , 15 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 50 ′  N , 15 ° 25 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Guinea-Bissau
province	Sul
region	Quinara
Residents	568 (2009)

Enxude , also Enxudé , is a town in Guinea-Bissaus with 568 inhabitants (as of 2009). The place belongs to the administrative sector of Tite in the Quinara region .

Location and traffic

Enxude is located at the broad mouth of the Rio Geba , opposite the capital Bissau . A daily ferry operated by the public Consulmar shipping company connects Enxude with the capital and the Bissagos islands of Bolama and Bubaque .

The place is about 10 km north of the sector capital Tite, a direct but easy road connects the places.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Francisco Mendes (1939–1978), General of the PAIGC guerrilla and first Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 21), PDF retrieval from the National Statistics Office INE of January 23, 2018
2. ↑ Timetable of the ferry Bissau-Enxudé-Bolama-Bubaque on the website of the ferry company Consulmar (Portuguese, English, Spanish, French and Russian), accessed on January 23, 2018