Bolama Island
Bolama is the closest of the Bissagos Islands to the mainland of Guinea-Bissau. The island has a population of 6,024. It shares its name with its largest settlement, the town Bolama, which is the capital of the island and the Bolama Region.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 6,020 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: island of the Bissagos archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
- Also known as“Bulama Island”“Ilha de Bolama”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolama.
Bolama
Bolama is a city on Bolama Island in the Bijagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau.
Bolama Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
11.56667° or 11° 34′ north
Longitude
-15.55° or 15° 33′ west
Open location code
7C36HC8X+MX
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“Bolama Island” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Балама”
- Catalan: “Bolama”
- Cebuano: “Ilha de Bolama”
- Chinese: “博拉馬島”
- Dutch: “Bolama”
- French: “Île de Bolama”
- German: “Bolama”
- German: “Ilha de Bolama”
- Hausa: “Tsibirin Bolama”
- Polish: “Bolama”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Bolama”
- Romanian: “Insula Bolama”
- Russian: “Болама”
- Spanish: “Bolama”
- Swedish: “Bolama”
- Swedish: “Ilha de Bolama”
- Urdu: “بولاما”
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Guinea-Bissau: Highlights
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