Formosa

Formosa is an island in the Bissagos Islands, , part of the sector of . Its area is 140 km2, its length is 19.9 km and it is 10 km across at its widest.
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Latitude
11.48333° or 11° 29′ north
Longitude
-15.96667° or 15° 58′ west
Open location code
7C36F2MM+88
Geo­Names ID
2372569
Wiki­data ID
Q996793

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Formosa” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ilha Formosa”
  • Chinese: “福莫薩島”
  • Croatian: “Formosa (Gvineja Bisau)”
  • Croatian: “Formosa”
  • Dutch: “Formosa”
  • Estonian: “Formosa”
  • French: “Formosa”
  • German: “Formosa”
  • Japanese: “フォルモーザ島”
  • Lithuanian: “Formosa”
  • Polish: “Formosa”
  • Portuguese: “Formosa”
  • Russian: “Илья-Формоза”
  • Spanish: “Formosa”
  • Swedish: “Ilha Formosa”
  • Ukrainian: “Формоза”
  • Yue Chinese: “福爾摩沙 (畿內亞比紹)”
  • Yue Chinese: “福爾摩沙”

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