See soorce fer Bissau

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'''Bissau''' is the [[Caipital ceety|caipital]] ceety o [[Guinea-Bissau]].  The ceety's borders are conterminous wi the '''Bissau Autonomous Sector'''. In 2007, the ceety haed an estimatit population o 407,424 accordin tae the Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Censos.<ref name="stat-guinebissau.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.stat-guinebissau.com/ |title=Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Censos |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-date=2011-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203014233/http://www.stat-guinebissau.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ceety which is locatit on the [[Geba River]] estuary, aff the [[Atlantic Ocean]], is the kintra's lairgest ceety, major port, admeenistrative an military centre.

==History==
The ceety wis founded in 1687 bi [[Portugal|Portuguese]] settlers as a fortifee'd port an tradin centre. In 1942 it became the caipital o [[Portuguese Guinea]]. Efter the declaration o unthirldom bi the anti-colonial guerrillas o [[PAIGC]], in 1973, the caipital o the ''[[de facto]]'' independent territories wis declared tae be [[Madina do Boe]], but Bissau remained as the caipital o the Portuguese-occupied regions, an the ''[[de jure]]'' caipital o the entire Portuguese Guinea. When Portugal recognized the unthirldom o Guinea-Bissau an pulled oot in 1974 due tae the [[Carnation Revolution|military coup o Aprile 25]] in [[Lisbon]], the twa territories merged an Bissau became the caipital o the new independent state. The ceety is kent for its annual [[carnival]].

==Geography==
[[File:Bissau geba.png|thumb|left|200px|View o Bissau frae Rio Gêba]]

Bissau is locatit at 11°52' North, 15°36' Wast [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325175559/http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html |date=2011-03-25 }}, on the [[Geba River]] estuary, aff the [[Atlantic Ocean]].

==Demographics==
The last time an offeecial census wis held in the kintra, in 1991, the ceety/region haed a population o 195,389. Housomeivver, bi 2007, the ceety haed an estimatit population o 407,424 accordin tae the Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Censos.<ref name="stat-guinebissau.com" />

==Economy==
Bissau is the kintra's lairgest ceety, major port, educational, admeenistrative an military centre. [[Peanit]]s, [[haurdwid]]s, [[copra]], [[paum ile]], an [[rubber]] are the chief products. The [[airport]] that serves Bissau is [[Osvaldo Vieira International Airport]]. Poverty an lack o development is widespread.

==Landmarks==
Attractions include the Portuguese-biggit [[Fortaleza de São José da Amura]] [[barracks]] frae the 18t century, containin [[Amílcar Cabral]]'s [[mausoleum]], the [[Pidjiguiti Memorial]] tae the [[docker]]s killed in the [[Bissau Dockers' Strike]] on August 3, 1959, the [[Guinea-Bissau National Arts Institute]], [[Bissau New Stadium]] an local [[beach]]es.  Mony biggins in the ceety wur ruined durin the [[Guinea-Bissau Ceevil War]] (1998–1999), includin the [[Guinea-Bissau Presidential Palace]] an the [[Bissau French Cultural Centre]] (nou rebuilt), an the ceety centre is still unnerdeveloped.

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|Image:Pensão Central, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; 2010.jpg|Pensão Central's colonial façade in dountoun
|Image:Bissau former pres palace.jpg|Ruins o the former presidential palace
|Image:Bissau main road to airport.jpg|The road from the airport to the Parliament
|Image:Bissau central post office.jpg|Central Post Office biggin
|Image:Bissau monument.jpg|A landmark monument in the ceety centre
|Image:Bissau paigc hq.jpg|The rulin pairty's heidquarters
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==Sister ceeties==
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Águeda Municipality]], [[Portugal]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]<ref name="Lisbon twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M1100|title=Lisboa - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas|accessdate=2013-08-23|work=Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [National Association of Portuguese Municipalities]|language=Portuguese|trans_title=Lisbon - Twinning of Cities and Towns|archive-date=2015-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201175323/http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M1100|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Lisbon twinnings 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais|title=Acordos de Geminação, de Cooperação e/ou Amizade da Cidade de Lisboa|accessdate=2013-08-23|work=Camara Municipal de Lisboa|language=Portuguese|trans_title=Lisbon - Twinning Agreements, Cooperation and Friendship}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ROC}} [[Taipei]], [[Republic o Cheenae|Taiwan]]
*{{flagicon|CPV}} [[Praia]], [[Cape Verde]]<ref>[http://www.uccla.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=938:qgeminacao-com-bissau-e-gabu-e-reforco-para-lusofoniaq&catid=51:noticias-destaque&Itemid=53 "Geminação com Bissau e Gabu é reforço para lusofonia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303221209/http://www.uccla.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=938:qgeminacao-com-bissau-e-gabu-e-reforco-para-lusofoniaq&catid=51:noticias-destaque&Itemid=53 |date=2012-03-03 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|PRT}} [[Sintra Municipality|Sintra]], [[Portugal]]

==References==
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* Richard Andrew Lobban, Jr. and Peter Karibe Mendy, ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', 3rd ed. (Scarecrow Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3226-7) pp.&nbsp;91–96

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[[Category:Populatit places established in 1687]]
[[Category:Umwhile Portuguese colonies]]
[[Category:Caipitals in Africae]]
[[Category:Populatit places in Guinea-Bissau]]
[[Category:Populatit coastal places in Guinea-Bissau]]
[[Category:Geba River]]
[[Category:Regions o Guinea-Bissau]]
[[Category:Sectors o Guinea-Bissau]]