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    Bolama is the main town of Bolama Island and the capital of the Bolama Region. Though once the capital of Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau), it has...
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  • Bolama may refer to several locations in Guinea-Bissau: Bolama Region Bolama Island Bolama (town), capital of the region and main town of the island This...
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    Bolama is the closest of the Bissagos Islands to the mainland of Guinea-Bissau. The island has a population of 6,024 (2009 census). It shares its name...
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  • Guinea or Colony of Bolama and Bolama River, was a colony of the United Kingdom in West Africa. Its capital was in the city of Bolama. The colony was founded...
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    populated island, Bubaque. The administrative capital, Bolama is situated on the island of Bolama. There is a high diversity of ecosystems: mangroves with...
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    11°20′N 16°5′W / 11.333°N 16.083°W / 11.333; -16.083 Bolama is an administrative region in Guinea-Bissau, consisting primarily of the Bijagós Archipelago...
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  • EN Bolama, also known by its full name Estrela Negra de Bolama, is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Bolama. It is one of two chief clubs of the...
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    Ávila e Bolama (Marquis of Ávila and Bolama). After another eight years, on 14 May 1878, King Luis raised him still higher to Duque de Ávila e Bolama (Duke...
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    led to a brief attempt in the 1790s to establish a base on the island of Bolama, which showed no evidence of continuous Portuguese presence. The British...
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    of Ávila and Bolama (Marquês de Ávila e Bolama) in 1870, and finally by a royal decree dated from May 14, 1878, to Duke of Ávila and Bolama (Duque de Ávila...
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    equivalent to modern-day Guinea-Bissau. In 1941 the capital moved from Bolama to Bissau. (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For...
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    relation to the royal family, was given the title of Duke of Ávila and Bolama in the 19th century. Spanish infantes and infantas are usually given a royal...
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    of Bissau depended mainly on the (now abandoned) Bolama airport, which was close to the town of Bolama, the colonial capital of Guinea until 1941. Travellers...
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    Coat of Arms of the Duke of Ávila and Bolama....
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    brief period in the 1790s, the British tried to establish a foothold on Bolama. Guinea-Bissau was among the first regions touched by the Atlantic slave...
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  • Canal de Bolama is a strait in the coast of Guinea Bissau on the Atlantic Ocean. The Canal de Bolama runs from NW to SE and is located to the east of...
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  • Leste (East): Bafatá, Gabu Norte (North): Biombo, Cacheu, Oio Sul (South): Bolama, Quinara, Tombali List of regions of Guinea-Bissau by Human Development...
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  • Building, Asmara, 1938 Rex Theatre, Accra, 1937 Roxy Theatre, Accra Cine Bolama, Bolama, Sul Province Cine UDIB, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 1940s Monumento aos...
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  • relation to the royal family, was given the title of duke of Ávila and Bolama. Duke of Braganza (the principal grandeza of the Portuguese royal dynasty...
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    Mansôa 8,313 Oio 8 Buba 7,898 Quinara 9 Cacheu 5,891 Cacheu 10 Quinhámel 5,825 Biombo 11 Quebo 5,454 Quinara 12 Catió 5,081 Tombali 13 Bolama 5,026 Bolama...
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    Domingos Bissorã Farim Mansaba Mansôa Nhacra Bissau (autonomous sector) Bolama Bubaque Caravela Uno Buba Empada Fulacunda Tite Bedanda Cacine Catió Quebo...
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  • South is a province in Guinea-Bissau. It consists Bolama, Quinara and Tombali regions. The notes of the Pole of Dakar - Guinea-Bissau (PDF). unesco. p...
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    Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau...
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    Galinhas (category Bolama Region)
    Galinhas is located about 25 km southwest of Bolama town. The Canal de Bolama separates it from Bolama Island, the easternmost island of the group that...
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    it into Portuguese Guinea.: 9  In 1941 the capital was transferred from Bolama to Bissau. 1959 saw the bloody repression of a dockworkers' strike, a key...
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    Orango (category Bolama Region)
    5 km2 (105.2 sq mi) Length 22.5 km (13.98 mi) Width 22.5 km (13.98 mi) Administration Guinea-Bissau Region Bolama Demographics Population 1,250 (2009)...
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  • situation with Bolama: appears in Angop only as one of the shareholders of BCI. It is probably the company which once was or is BOLAMA EMPRESA REGIONAL...
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    Conceição e Estoi Montenegro Santa Bárbara de Nexe Faro is twinned with: Bolama, Guinea-Bissau Haikou, China Hayward, United States Huelva, Spain Maxixe...
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    zones in Sub-Saharan Africa. The most notable missions performed were in Bolama (Guinea-Bissau, 1990), Luanda (Angola, 1992), and Bissau (Guinea-Bissau...
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    Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau...
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