Prabis

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Prabis
Prabis (Guinea-Bissau)
Prabis
Prabis
Coordinates 11 ° 48 ′  N , 15 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 48 ′  N , 15 ° 54 ′  W
Basic data
Country Guinea-Bissau

province

Norte
region Biombo
ISO 3166-2 GW-BM
surface 213 km²
Residents 33,024 (2009)
density 155  Ew. / km²

Prabis or Prábis is a small town in northwest Guinea-Bissau with 2731 inhabitants (as of 2009).

The place is the seat of the administrative sector of the same name with an area of ​​213 km² and 33,024 inhabitants.

The Afro-Portuguese director Filipe Henriques made a film here in 2015 for a music video by the Guinea-Bissau singer Eneida Marta .

Attractions

The nearby Praia de Suru on the Atlantic is known . The sandy beach is the closest bathing beach for residents of the capital and is known for its tranquility. Bird watching, especially migratory birds , is possible here.

The thoroughfare in Prábis. It leads to the capital Bissau

traffic

Prabis is connected to the capital Bissau , about 20 km to the east, via an asphalt road .

structure

The Prabis sector comprises around 50 localities, often rural villages ( Tabancas ).

The sector capital Prabis is divided into six districts ( Bairros ).

The most important locations in the sector also include:

  • Blunde
  • Bor (three districts)
  • Bruno (six districts)
  • Cupol (two districts)
  • Enteramento (three districts)
  • Intunhande
  • Oco
  • Pefine (three districts)
  • Suro

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 54, port.), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE of January 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Annual Statistical Report Guinea-Bissau 2015 (p. 10), PDF available from the National Statistics Office INE on January 4, 2018
  3. ^ Eneida Marta - novo vídeo "Amor Livre" - album Nha Sunhu , video clip on YouTube , accessed on January 4, 2018
  4. ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau . , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 54
  5. ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 54ff), PDF access from the INE National Statistics Office of January 20, 2018