Safim

Safim is a city and sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau. It has a population of 17,356 inhabitants as of the 2009 national census.^[1][2]

Roundabout in front of Osvaldo Vieira Airport, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, Safim city.

The sector's land area covers 174.8 km².^[3]

Safim is part of the Metropolitan Region of Bissau, a conurbation that includes the cities of Bissau, Prabis and Nhacra.^[4]

In this city, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, is the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the only international airport in the country.^[5]

Its name is a reference to the Safim River, which cuts through the sectorial territory.^[6]

Natives

Natives include Rafael Paula Barbosa.