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Gabú (town)
Place in Gabú region, Guinea-Bissau From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gabú is the largest city in eastern Guinea-Bissau, the second most populated city in the country and capital of the Gabú region.
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Name
The Portuguese named the town Nova Lamego ie "New Lamego", after the Douro town of Lamego. After Guinea Bissau's independence, it was renamed Gabú (sometimes spelled Cabu[1]) in honor of the pre-colonial empire.
Trade
Gabú is now mostly known as a market town with the second largest market of Guinea-Bissau, notably trading coal and ceramics as well as agricultural products. Traders come from as far afield as Guinea, Senegal, Mali and Sierra Leone.
Climate
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Gabú has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), similar to that of the capital Bissau but with – due to its inland location – about a quarter less rainfall and larger diurnal temperature variations. As with all of Guinea-Bissau, there are two extremely contrasting seasons: a dry season from November to May with dusty harmattan winds and hot to sweltering, rainless weather, and a monsoonal wet season from June to October featuring heavy thunderstorm rains almost every day and hot, uncomfortably humid conditions.
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