Bissau

Bissau is the capital and largest city of . As of 2015, it had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's major port, as well as the country's administrative and military center.
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  • City with about 492,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code OXB
  • …is also known as “São José de Bissáu”
  • Description: capital city of Guinea-Bissau
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bissau Cathedral and Presidential Palace, Bissau.
Church
, also known as Sé Catedral de Nossa…
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Public building
The Presidential Palace is the residence of the…
Stadium
is a multi-use in Bissau, Guinea Bissau.

Bissau

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Latitude
11.8613° or 11° 51′ 41″ north
Longitude
-15.5831° or 15° 34′ 59″ west
UN/LOCODE
GW OXB
Open location code
7C36VC68+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254525765
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2374775
Wiki­data ID
Q3739

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bissau” goes by many names.
BissauAfrikaans
BisauAlbanian
BissauAlbanian
ቢሳውAmharic
بيساوArabic
BissauAragonese
ԲիսաուArmenian
BisáuAsturian
BisauAzerbaijani
BissauBalinese
BisauBambara
БисауBashkir
BissauBasque
БісауBelarusian
বিসাউBengali
বিস্সাউBishnupriya
BissauBosnian
BissauBreton
БисауBulgarian
BissauCatalan
BissauCebuano
Bissau (ulohang dakbayan sa Guinea-Bissau)Cebuano
Bissau RegionCebuano
BissauCentral Bikol
بیساوCentral Kurdish
БисауChechen
比索Chinese
比紹Chinese
比绍Chinese
BissauCornish
BissauCroatian
BissauCzech
BissauDanish
BissauDimli (individual language)
BissauDutch
بيساوEgyptian Arabic
BisaŭoEsperanto
BissauEstonian
BissauFiji Hindi
BissauFinnish
BissaoFrench
BissauFrench
BisaawoFulah
BisauGalician
BissauGalician
ბისაუGeorgian
BissauGerman
BissauGhanaian Pidgin English
ΜπισάουGreek
ΜπισσάουGreek
MbisáuGuarani
બિસ્સૌGujarati
BisoHaitian
BissauHakka Chinese
BisauHausa
ביסאוHebrew
बिसाउHindi
बिसाऊHindi
BissauHungarian
BissáIcelandic
BissaúIcelandic
BissauIdo
BissauInari Sami
BisauIndonesian
BissauIndonesian
BissauInterlingua
BissauInterlingue
BissauIrish
BissauItalian
ビサウJapanese
BissauJavanese
PisawoKabiyè
BissauKabyle
ಬಿಸೌKannada
BissauKarekare
БисауKazakh
ប៊ីសូKhmer
BisoKinyarwanda
БисауKirghiz
BissauKomering
BissauKongo
비사우Korean
BissauKotava
BissauKurdish
BissauLatin
BissaviaLatin
BisavaLatvian
BissauLigurian
BissauLingua Franca Nova
BisauLithuanian
BisauLivvi
BissauLombard
BissauLuxembourgish
BissauMacedo-Romanian
БисаоMacedonian
BissauMalagasy
BissauMalay
Bissau, Guinea-BissauMalay
ബിസൗMalayalam
BissauMaltese
BissauMaori
बिसाउMarathi
بیسائوMazanderani
BissauMin Dong Chinese
BissauMin Nan Chinese
BissauMinangkabau
ბისაუMingrelian
BissauMirandese
БисауMoksha
БиссауMongolian
بيساوMoroccan Arabic
ߓߌ߬ߛߊ߬ߥߏ߫N'Ko
बिसाउNewari
BissauNorthern Frisian
BissauNorwegian
BissauNorwegian Bokmål
BissauNorwegian Nynorsk
BisauNovial
BissauOccitan (post 1500)
БисауOssetian
ਬਿਸਾਊPanjabi
BissauPapiamento
بیسائوPersian
BissauPiemontese
BisauPitcairn-Norfolk
BissauPolish
BissauPortuguese
بیساوPushto
WisawQuechua
BissauRomanian
БисауRussian
BissauSardinian
BissauScots
BissauScottish Gaelic
БисаоSerbian
BissauSerbo-Croatian
BissauShona
BissauSilesian
بساؤSindhi
බිසවුSinhala
BissauSlovak
BissauSlovenian
BissauSomali
بیسائوSouth Azerbaijani
BisáuSpanish
BissauSpanish
BisauSwahili
BissauSwedish
BissauTagalog
БисауTajik
பிசாவுTamil
பிஸௌTamil
బిసావుTelugu
బిస్సావుTelugu
บิสเซาThai
བི་སའོ།Tibetan
BissauTurkish
BissauTurkmen
БисауUdmurt
БісауUkrainian
BissauUpper Sorbian
بساؤUrdu
BisauUzbek
BissauVenetian
BisauVeps
BissauVietnamese
BissauWaray (Philippines)
BissauWelsh
BissauWestern Frisian
БисауWestern Mari
بساؤWestern Panjabi
BisaawóoWolof
比绍Wu Chinese
ביסאוYiddish
BissauYoruba
比紹Yue Chinese
i-BissauZulu

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