Quebo

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Quebo
Quebo (Guinea-Bissau)
Quebo
Quebo
Coordinates 11 ° 32 ′  N , 14 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 32 ′  N , 14 ° 46 ′  W
Basic data
Country Guinea-Bissau

province

Sul
region Tombali
ISO 3166-2 GW-TO
surface 960.4 km²
Residents 15,372 (2009)
density 16  Ew. / km²
Location of the Quebo sector in the Tombali administrative region
Location of the Quebo sector in the Tombali administrative region
Central mosque of the small town of Quebo
City Health Center

Quebo is a small town in southwest Guinea-Bissau with 5245 inhabitants (as of 2009). It is the seat of the sector of the same name with an area of ​​960 km² and 15,372 inhabitants (as of 2007), mainly Balanta with significant minorities of Fulbe and Mandinka .

Until the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1974, the place had the colonial place name Aldeia Formosa.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture, predominantly subsistence farming , determines the economy in the Quebo sector. Mention should be made of mangoes , naturally irrigated rice and oil palms .

The sector is only very poorly served by roads, which are also in very poor condition.

structure

The sector capital Quebo is divided into six, with subdivisions into eight districts ( Bairros ).

In addition to the capital, the entire sector includes 52 other localities, often rural villages ( Tabancas ). The most important locations in the sector include:

  • Afia (560 inhabitants)
  • Colibuia (487 inhabitants)
  • Contabane (1087 inhabitants)
  • Cumbijã (507 inhabitants)
  • Gã Dembe (962 inhabitants)
  • Sintcha Sambel Saltinho (958 inhabitants)

Web links

Commons : Quebo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 12, port.), PDF retrieval from the INE National Statistics Office of December 15, 2017
  2. ↑ Annual Statistical Report Guinea-Bissau 2015 (p. 10), PDF available from the National Statistics Office INE on December 13, 2017
  3. ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau . , Afectos com Letras / EU , Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 93
  4. ↑ Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 12ff), PDF retrieval from the National Statistics Office INE of January 20, 2018