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.

References

1. "Guinea-Bissau". City Population.
2. "Sectors of Guinea-Bissau". Statoids. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
3. Associação Nacional das Empresas Metalúrgicas e Electromecânicas (2018). Estudo Guiné-Bissau (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisboa.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. Cá, Natália Ernesto (2017). "A família e o trabalho: Trajetória da educação de crianças talibés na Guiné-Bissau" (PDF) (Final paper) (in Portuguese). Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira.
5. "Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau". Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
6. [Map of Bissau and Bissagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa] (Map). Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1953.

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