Pirada
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 40 ′ N , 14 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Guinea-Bissau | ||
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| region | Gabu | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GW-GA | ||
| surface | 934.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 29,837 (2009) | ||
| density | 31.9 Ew. / km² | ||
 Location of the Pirada sector (blue) in the Gabu region
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Pirada is a small town in northeast Guinea-Bissau with 2512 inhabitants (as of 2009).
The place is the seat of the administrative sector of the same name with an area of 934 km² and 29,837 inhabitants (2007).
Pirada is on the border with Senegal . The place is characterized in particular by the colorful street stalls, mostly small retailers, inspired by trade with the neighboring country.
structure
The main town Pirada is divided into two, with four subdivisions, districts ( Bairros ).
The Pirada sector comprises a total of 122 localities. The most important are:
- Amado lai (706 inhabitants)
- Bajocunda (483 inhabitants)
- Bassecunda (675 inhabitants)
- Canjufa (1020 inhabitants in two districts)
- Darsalame (796 inhabitants)
- Durubali (708 inhabitants)
- Pirada (2512 inhabitants in four districts)
- Sintchã Botche (1356 inhabitants in two districts)
- Soncocunda (672 inhabitants)
traffic
A dirt road leads from Diaobé-Kabendou on the N 6 national road in Senegal via a border crossing to Pirada and on to the regional capital Gabú in the south; there is also a junction to Bajucunda in the eastern neighboring sector of Pitche .
Pirada has an airfield with the ICAO code GGPR.
Web links
- Pirada page at www.UNjobs.org with links to photos and articles
- Recordings from Pirada (2014) , private recordings of two Portuguese motorcycle tourists on YouTube
- Handover of school materials at a school in Pirada in the presence of the mayor (2015) , private recordings by Portuguese development workers on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 110ff), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE of January 3, 2018
- ↑ Annual Statistical Report Guinea-Bissau 2015 (p. 10), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE on January 3, 2018
- ↑ Recording of a Portuguese development worker before entering Guinea-Bissau at the Pirada border crossing , one-minute private video on YouTube , accessed on January 4, 2018
- ↑ Road map of Guinea-Bissau on www.ontheworldmap.com, accessed on January 4, 2018
