Uno (sector)
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 16 ′ N , 16 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Guinea-Bissau | ||
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| region | Bolama | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GW-BL | ||
| Residents | 6751 (2009) | ||
 Location of the UN sector in the Bolama administrative region
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UN is a sector of the Bolama region in the far west of Guinea-Bissau . It belongs to the Bissagos Archipelago and consists of the eponymous island of Uno and other islands and islets . The entire Bissagos area was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1996 .
History and structure
The UN sector was created in 2004 by spinning off the Caravela and Bubaque sectors . Caravela mainly gave up the islands of Uno and Uracane, Bubaque mainly ceded Canogo and Orango.
The UN sector consists of the following islands:
- Eguba (158 inhabitants)
- Orango (1250 inhabitants)
- Uno (3324 inhabitants)
- Unhocomo (678 inhabitants)
- Unhocomozinho (160 inhabitants)
- Uracane (1181 inhabitants)
There are also uninhabited small islands and islets.
population
The UN sector has 6,751 inhabitants (as of 2009).
Most of the Bijagos live here with only a few to a few Pepel , Biafada , Manjago , Mandinka and Fulbe from the mainland , plus Nhominca from Senegal , who are fishermen temporarily on some, mostly uninhabited islands.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Inhabitants by region, sector and town by gender, 2009 census (p. 62ff), PDF access from the National Statistics Office INE of December 17, 2017
- ↑ Joana Petrolho, Marta Rosa: À Descoberta da Guiné-Bissau . , Afectos com Letras / EU, Pombal 2015, ISBN 978-989-20-6252-5 , p. 111