Regions of Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia
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Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions (singular: região, plural: regiões) and 1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo). The regions are subdivided into a total of 39 sectors (singular: setor, plural: setores); which are further subdivided into smaller groups called sections (singular: secção, plural: secções); which are further subdivided into populated places (i.e.: towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities, etc.).
| Region | Capital | Area[1] | Population (2009) |
Pv | #S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | mi2 | |||||
| Bafatá | Bafatá | 5,981.1 | 2,309.3 | 210,007 | E | 6 |
| Biombo | Quinhámel | 838.8 | 323.9 | 97,120 | N | 3 |
| 77.5 | 29.9 | 387,909 | — | 1 | ||
| Bolama | Bolama | 2,624.4 | 1,013.3 | 34,563 | S | 4 |
| Cacheu | Cacheu | 5,174.9 | 1,998.0 | 192,508 | N | 6 |
| Gabú | Gabú | 9,150.0 | 3,532.8 | 215,530 | E | 5 |
| Oio | Farim | 5,403.4 | 2,086.3 | 224,644 | N | 5 |
| Quinara | Buba | 3,138.4 | 1,211.7 | 63,610 | S | 4 |
| Tombali | Catió | 3,376.5 | 1,303.7 | 94,939 | S | 5 |
The regions can also be grouped into 3 provinces:
- Leste (East): Bafatá, Gabu
- Norte (North): Biombo, Cacheu, Oio
- Sul (South): Bolama, Quinara, Tombali