Bolama and Bijagos

Bolama is an administrative region in , consisting primarily of the Bijagós Archipelago off the country's southern coast, together with a small coastal strip centred on the coastal town of São João.
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  • Type: region of Guinea-Bissau with 30,100 residents
  • Description: region of Guinea-Bissau
  • Also known as: Bolama”, “Bolama region”, “Bolama Region”, and “Bolama/Bijagós

Bolama and Bijagos

Latitude
11.1548° or 11° 9′ 17″ north
Longitude
-16.0093° or 16° 0′ 33″ west
Population
30,100
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
7C355X3R+W7
Geo­Names ID
2374689
Wiki­data ID
Q151909
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bolama and Bijagos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إقليم بولاما
  • Belarusian: Балама (рэгіён)
  • Belarusian: Балама
  • Bengali: বুলামা অঞ্চল
  • Breton: Bolama
  • Bulgarian: Болама
  • Catalan: Regió de Bolama
  • Cebuano: Bolama
  • Chinese: 博拉馬區
  • Chinese: 博拉马区
  • Czech: Bolama
  • Danish: Bolama Region
  • Danish: Region Bolama
  • Dutch: Bolama
  • Esperanto: Regiono Bolama
  • Estonian: Bolama piirkond
  • Finnish: Bolaman alue
  • French: Bolama-Bijagos
  • Galician: Bolama
  • Galician: rexión de Bolama
  • Galician: Rexión de Bolama
  • German: Bolama
  • German: Region Bolama
  • Greek: Μπολάμα
  • Gujarati: બોલમા પ્રદેશ
  • Hindi: बोलामा प्रदेश
  • Indonesian: Region Bolama
  • Indonesian: Wilayah Bolama
  • Italian: regione di Bolama
  • Italian: Regione di Bolama
  • Japanese: ボラマ州
  • Kannada: ಬೋಲಾಮಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 볼라마 주
  • Korean: 볼라마주
  • Latvian: Bolamas reģions
  • Lithuanian: Bolamos regionas
  • Luxembourgish: Bolama
  • Malay: Bolama Region
  • Marathi: बोलमा प्रदेश
  • N'Ko: ߓߏߟߡߊ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲
  • N'Ko: ߓߐ߬ߟߊ߬ߡߊ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲
  • Northern Frisian: Bolama
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bolama
  • Norwegian: Bolama
  • Persian: ناحیه بولاما
  • Polish: Region Bolama
  • Portuguese: Bijagîs
  • Portuguese: Bijagós
  • Portuguese: Bolama
  • Portuguese: Bolama/Bijagîs
  • Portuguese: Região de Bolama
  • Romanian: Regiunea Bolama
  • Russian: Болама
  • Sinhala: බොලමා කලාපය
  • Spanish: Region de Bolama
  • Spanish: Región de Bolama
  • Swedish: Bolama-Bijagós
  • Tamil: போலாமா பகுதி
  • Telugu: బొలామా ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: โบลามา
  • Turkish: Bolama Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Болама
  • Urdu: بولاما ریجن
  • Urdu: بولاما علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Bolama

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