Roxa Island

Roxa or Canhabaque is an in the Bissagos Islands, . It is part of the Bolama Region and sector. Its area is 111 square kilometres; it is 20 kilometres long and 11 kilometres wide.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • …has 2,480 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 40 metres (131 feet)
  • Description: island of the Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
  • Also known as
    “Canhabaque”
    “Canhabaque Island”
    “Canhambaque”
    “Kanabak Island”
    “Roxa”

Roxa Island

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Latitude
11.24441° or 11° 14′ 40″ north
Longitude
-15.72435° or 15° 43′ 28″ west
Open location code
7C3667VG+Q7
Geo­Names ID
2370288
Wiki­data ID
Q1033251

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Roxa Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ilha Roxa”
  • Chinese: “羅沙島”
  • Croatian: “Roxa”
  • Dutch: “Roxa”
  • French: “Canhabaque”
  • French: “Roxa”
  • German: “Canhabaque”
  • German: “Roxa”
  • Japanese: “ローシャ島”
  • Lithuanian: “Roša”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canhabaque”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilha Roxa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Roxa”
  • Norwegian: “Roxa”
  • Portuguese: “Canhabaque”
  • Portuguese: “Roxa”
  • Romanian: “Insula roxa”
  • Romanian: “Insula Roxa”
  • Spanish: “Canhabaque”
  • Spanish: “Roxa”
  • Swedish: “Ilha Roxa”

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