Bijagos Islands

The Bijagos Islands is an archipelago in . The Bijagos Islands have been affected less by Western cultural influence than the mainland. Many of the smaller remote islands remain unspoilt paradises.
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Bijagos Islands

  • Type: Island
  • Description: archipelago in Guinea-Bissau
  • Also known as: “archipel des Bissagos”, “Arquipelago dos Bijagos”, “Bijagós Islands”, “Bijagóz”, “Bijouga Islands”, “Bisagos”, “Bissagos”, “Bissagos Islands”, “Bissagosinseln”, “Gżejjer Bijagós”, “Islas Bijagos”, “ostrovy Bisagos”, and “Архипелаг Бижаго́ш”
  • Historically known as: “Bijouga”
  • Categories: island group and landform
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude
11.25° or 11° 15′ north
Longitude
-16.0833° or 16° 5′ west
Open location code
7C357W28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2374876
Wiki­data ID
Q664687
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Bijagos Islands” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բիժագոշ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bijaqoş”
  • Belarusian: “Біжагош”
  • Bulgarian: “Бижагош”
  • Catalan: “arxipèlag dels Bijagós”
  • Catalan: “Arxipèlag dels Bijagós”
  • Cebuano: “Arquipélago dos Bijagós”
  • Chinese: “比熱戈斯群島”
  • Croatian: “Bijagós”
  • Czech: “Bijagós”
  • Czech: “Bissagoské ostrovy”
  • Danish: “Bijagósøerne”
  • Danish: “Bissagosøerne”
  • Dutch: “Bissagoseilanden”
  • Estonian: “Bijagósi saared”
  • Finnish: “Bissagos-saaret”
  • Finnish: “Bissagossaaret”
  • French: “archipel des Bijagos”
  • French: “Archipel des Bijagos”
  • Galician: “Arquipélago dos Bijagós”
  • German: “Bissagos-Archipel”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Bijagós”
  • Hebrew: “איי ביז’אגוש”
  • Hungarian: “Bijagós-szigetek”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Bissagos”
  • Italian: “Isole Bijagos”
  • Italian: “Isole Bijagós”
  • Japanese: “ビジャゴ諸島”
  • Korean: “비자고스 제도”
  • Latin: “Archipelagus Bissagosensis”
  • Lithuanian: “Bižagošo salos”
  • Maltese: “Arċipelagu ta‘ Bijagós”
  • Maltese: “Arċipelagu ta’ Bijagós”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bijagósøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bijagós-øyane”
  • Norwegian: “Bijagósøyene”
  • Polish: “Bijagós”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago dos Bijagós”
  • Romanian: “Arhipelagul Bijagós”
  • Russian: “Бижагош”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arhipelag Bijagós”
  • Slovak: “Bijagóske ostrovy”
  • Somali: “Jasiiradaha Bijagós”
  • Spanish: “Islas Bijagós”
  • Swedish: “Bijagosöarna”
  • Turkish: “Bijagós Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Бижагош”
  • Ukrainian: “Біжаґош”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Bissagos”

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