Bolama region

Bolama / Bijagós
Basic data
Country	Guinea-Bissau
Capital	Bolama
surface	2624 km²
Residents	32,424 (2009 census)
density	12 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	GW-BL

Coordinates: 11 ° 21 ′  N , 16 ° 1 ′  W

Bolama / Bijagós is an administrative region in Guinea-Bissau . It includes the islands of the Bissagos Archipelago off the coast , as well as the small João Vieira Archipelago to the southeast, which is not geographically included in the Bissagos Archipelago, and a peninsula on the mainland. Its main town is Bolama on the island of the archipelago that is closest to the coast of the same name.

According to the data from the 2009 census, the region had 32,424 inhabitants. Of the 88 islands in the archipelago, 19 are inhabited. The most populous islands are Bolama , Caravela and Bubaque . The inhabitants belong to the ethnic group of the Bissagos, who speak the Bijago language from the family of Atlantic languages .

Administrative division

The region is divided into four sectors

The following table provides a statistical overview of the sectors:

sector	Capital	Area km²	Area 2003	2009-03-15 census
Bolama	Bolama	450.8	450.8	10.206
Bubaque 1)	Bubaque	513.3	1,113.3	11.204
Caravela 1)	Abu (on Formosa)	1,160.3	450.8	4.263
Uno 1)	U.N	900	-	6,751
Bolama / Bijagós	Bolama	2,624.4	2,624.4	32,424

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  3 sectors (until 2004)

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  4 sectors (since 2004)

¹⁾ The UN sector was spun off from Caravela in 2004. In addition, the western islands of the Bubaque sector were added to the new sector as well as from Bubaque. The partial areas after the outsourcing are estimated proportionally.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} La carte de la Guinée Bissau ... ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ ^{A b} Statoids: Sectors of Guinea-Bissau