Farim
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 29 ′ N , 15 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Guinea-Bissau | ||
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| region | Oio | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GW-OI | ||
| surface | 1,531.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 48,264 (2009) | ||
| density | 31.5 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1641 | ||
Farim is a city in northern Guinea-Bissau with 8661 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Oio region .
The city is also the seat of an administrative sector of the same name with an area of 1531.5 km² and 48,264 inhabitants, mainly Mandinka ( Portuguese : Mandinga ) with significant minorities of Fulbe (Portuguese: Fula ), among others.
Farim is located 115 km northeast of the capital Bissau on the north bank of the Rio Cacheu , about 220 km upstream from Cacheu .
history
Farim was founded around 1641 by the mayor of Cacheu. He convinced settlers and adventurers of Portuguese descent, so-called Lançados , to move from the large city of Géba , about 70 km to the south-east , to a place where they were less prone to attacks by wild African tribes. The city name goes back to the title Farim , which was carried by the local leader of the Mandinka . The Madinkas and Soninkes themselves called the city Tubabodaga ("village of the whites"). The city was well suited as a port city, as the river itself was navigable all year round, especially for sailing ships from Cacheu.
In anticipation of an impending attack on the southwestern town of Canico, Farim was appointed a garrison town by a resolution dated November 10, 1696 . In general, however, the Farim area remained peaceful and defensive positions deteriorated over time. Only between 1897 and 1902 did Farim again serve as a base for military operations against Oio . Farim began to grow more vigorously in 1910, more than 20 trading companies settled there. In 1913 Farim was elevated to a small town ( Vila ).
By 1925, Farim had developed into a trading center that attracted people from all over the world. Lebanese and Syrian traders in particular settled down to trade in peanuts and wood.
The Portuguese colonial war , which lasted from 1963 to 1974 in Guinea-Bissau and was fought particularly intensely there, severely affected the local economy. On November 1, 1965, members of the Marxist independence movement PAIGC carried out a massacre in which 20 people were killed and over 70 injured. On January 30, 1973, the resistance fighter Titina Silá was ambushed and killed in the process. A memorial there commemorates her death, and a memorial was also erected for the 1965 massacre.
structure
The city of Farim is divided into twelve, with subdivisions 23 districts ( Bairros ).
The Farim sector comprises a total of 257 localities, mostly rural villages ( Tabancas ). The most important localities in the Farim sector include (as of 2009):
- Bafata Oio (1298 inhabitants in two districts)
- Binar (517 inhabitants)
- Binta (878 inhabitants)
- Bricama (1825 inhabitants in five districts)
- Canico Lenque Croto (666 inhabitants)
- Conhaco Cola (451 inhabitants)
- Cumbijã (590 inhabitants)
- Cuntima (1159 inhabitants in two districts)
- Fambanta Sansanotó (542 inhabitants)
- Farim (8,661 inhabitants in twelve districts)
- Farinco Mandinga Sansanco (1046 inhabitants)
- Gundadje (728 inhabitants)
- Jumbembe (a Mandinka village with 592 and a Fulbe village with 92 inhabitants)
- Salquenhedim (793 inhabitants)
- Salquenhe Ba (1022 inhabitants)
- Sansancutoto (890 inhabitants)
- Udjeque (831 inhabitants)
economy
The Farim market is of regional importance , particularly because of its proximity to Senegal .
Fishing and shrimp catching in the Rio Cacheu are another mainstay of the local economy, as is agriculture, including the cultivation of cashew nuts .
Significant phosphate discoveries have been made in Farim, but these are not yet extracted.
traffic
The 55 km long asphalt road between Farim and Mansôa is considered the best road in Guinea-Bissau, where the road conditions are generally poor. The remaining section of the 115 kilometers of road between Farim and the capital Bissau are also in a comparatively fair condition.
The small port of Farim is of some importance for local trade. A small ferry crosses the river Cacheu here.
The city has an airfield with the ICAO code GGFR.
Sports
The best-known sports club in the sector is the Desportivo Recreativo Cultural de Farim .
The club is best known for its football department. He played several times in the first division, the Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau , and won the national cup in 1990, the Taça Nacional da Guiné-Bissau .
City friendships
sons and daughters of the town
- Vasco Cabral (1926–2005), politician and writer, co-founder of the PAIGC and multiple minister
- Domingos Simões Pereira (* 1963), politician, 2008–2012 Secretary General of the CPLP , 2014–2015 Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
literature
- Richard Andrew Lobban, Jr. and Peter Karibe Mendy, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau , Third Edition (Scarecrow Press, 1997 ISBN 0-8108-3226-7 ) pp. 160-163
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 29ff), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE of January 26, 2018
- ↑ Annual Statistical Report Guinea-Bissau 2015 (p. 10), PDF available from the National Statistics Office INE on December 14, 2017
- ↑ The third way. Portugal in Africa, Lisbon 1973, p. 10
- ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau . , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 101
- ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau. , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 98
- ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau. , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 19
- ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau. , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 99
- ↑ Overview of town twinning with municipalities in Guinea-Bissau , Association of Portuguese District Administrations (ANMP), accessed on December 25, 2017