Canchungo
Canchungo is a Sector in the Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: sector of Guinea-Bissau
- Description: sector of Cacheu Region, Guinea-Bissau
- Also known as: “Canghungo” and “Teixeira Pinto”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canchungo.
Canchungo
Town
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Canchungo is a town located in the western Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau formerly known as Vila Teixeira Pinto after Major João Teixeira Pinto, the Portuguese colonial officer who had brutally 'pacified' the area in the early 20th century. Canchungo is situated 7 km northwest of Canchungo.
Canchungo
- Location: Cacheu region, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Canchungo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Canghungo”
- Cebuano: “Canchungo Sector”
- Dutch: “Canghungo”
- French: “Canghungo”
- Italian: “Canchungo”
- Italian: “Canghungo”
- Portuguese: “Canchungo”
- Portuguese: “Teixeira Pinto”
- Swedish: “Canchungo”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Canchungo”. Photo: Joehawkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.