Corsica
South Corsica
Arrondissement of Sartène

Bonifacio

Bonifacio is a city at the south tip of . It has a spectacular location on white limestone cliffs, sculpted and undercut by the sea, so the buildings overhang the edge.
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  • Type: Village with 3,200 residents
  • Description: French commune in Corse-du-Sud, Corsica
  • Also known as: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”, “Bunifaziu”, “Bunifazziu”, and “La Ville de Bonifacio”
  • Postal code: 20169
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Dominique de Bonifacio and Phare de la Madonetta.

Church
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
is a church in Bonifacio, , southeastern . It is the largest church on the island. The church is located within the walls of an old Dominican convent, now defunct, in the western part of the historic center, next to City Hall of Bonifacio.

Lighthouse
Photo: mfaure, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lighthouse.

Archaeological site
Photo: TeletubAstyanax, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site in . The prehistoric shelter is located in the commune of Bonifacio.

Bonifacio

Latitude
41.3878° or 41° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
9.1606° or 9° 9′ 38″ east
Population
3,200
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR BON
Open location code
8FHF95Q6+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59857471
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3031801
Wiki­data ID
Q204051
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bonifacio” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bonifacio”
  • Arabic: “بونيفاسيو”
  • Aragonese: “Bonifacio”
  • Armenian: “Բոնիֆաչո”
  • Arpitan: “Bonifacio”
  • Asturian: “Bonifacio”
  • Bambara: “Bonifacio”
  • Basque: “Bonifacio”
  • Bavarian: “Bonifacio”
  • Breton: “Bonifacio”
  • Breton: “Bunifaziu”
  • Cajun French: “Bonifacio”
  • Catalan: “Bonifacio”
  • Catalan: “Bonifàcio”
  • Catalan: “Bonifaziu”
  • Catalan: “Bunifaziu”
  • Cebuano: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Bonifacio”
  • Chechen: “Бонифачо”
  • Chinese: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Chinese: “Bonifacio”
  • Chinese: “博尼法乔”
  • Chinese: “博尼法喬”
  • Chuvash: “Бонифачо”
  • Corsican: “Bonifaziu”
  • Corsican: “Bunifaziu”
  • Corsican: “Bunifazziu”
  • Croatian: “Bonifacio”
  • Czech: “Bonifacio”
  • Danish: “Bonifacio”
  • Dutch: “Bonifacio (Corsica)”
  • Dutch: “Bonifacio”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بونيفاسيو”
  • Esperanto: “Bonifacio”
  • Estonian: “Bonifacio”
  • Faroese: “Bonifacio”
  • Finnish: “Bonifacio”
  • French: “Bonifacio”
  • Friulian: “Bonifacio”
  • Galician: “Bonifacio”
  • German: “Bonifacio”
  • German: “Bunifaziu”
  • Greek: “Μπονιφάτσιο”
  • Greek: “Μπονιφατσο”
  • Greek: “Μπονιφάτσο”
  • Hungarian: “Bonifacio”
  • Icelandic: “Bonifacio”
  • Ido: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Ido: “Bonifacio”
  • Iloko: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Iloko: “Bonifacio”
  • Indonesian: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Indonesian: “Bonifacio”
  • Interlingua: “Bonifacio”
  • Interlingue: “Bonifacio”
  • Irish: “Bonifacio”
  • Italian: “Bonifacio”
  • Italian: “Bonifaziu”
  • Italian: “Bunifaziu”
  • Italian: “Bunifazziu”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Bonifacio”
  • Japanese: “ボニファーチョ”
  • Japanese: “ボニファシオ”
  • Kabyle: “Bonifacio”
  • Kalaallisut: “Bonifacio”
  • Kazakh: “Бонифачьо”
  • Kongo: “Bonifacio”
  • Korean: “보니파시오”
  • Korean: “보니파치오”
  • Kurdish: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Kurdish: “Bonifacio”
  • Kurdish: “بۆنفاجۆ”
  • Ladin: “Bonifacio”
  • Latin: “Bonifacium”
  • Latin: “Bonifatium”
  • Latvian: “Bonifacio”
  • Ligurian: “Bonifacio”
  • Ligurian: “Bonifàçio”
  • Ligurian: “Bunifazziu”
  • Limburgan: “Bonifacio”
  • Lithuanian: “Bonifacio”
  • Lombard: “Bonifacio”
  • Low German: “Bonifacio”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bonifacio”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Bonifacio”
  • Malagasy: “Bonifacio”
  • Malay: “Bonifacio”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bonifacio”
  • Minangkabau: “Bonifacio”
  • Narom: “Bonifacio”
  • Neapolitan: “Bonifacio”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bonifacio”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bonifacio”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bunifaziu”
  • Norwegian: “Bonifacio”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bonifacio”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bunifaziu”
  • Ossetian: “Бонифачо”
  • Papiamento: “Bonifacio”
  • Persian: “بونیفاچیو، کرس جنوبی”
  • Persian: “بونیفاچیو”
  • Picard: “Bonifacio”
  • Piemontese: “Bonifacio”
  • Polish: “Bonifacio”
  • Portuguese: “Bonifacio”
  • Prussian: “Bonifacio”
  • Romagnol: “Bonifacio”
  • Romanian: “Bonifacio”
  • Romansh: “Bonifacio”
  • Russian: “Бонифачо”
  • Sardinian: “Bonifàtziu”
  • Scots: “Bonifacio”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bonifacio”
  • Serbian: “Bonifacio”
  • Serbian: “Bonifačo”
  • Serbian: “Бонифасио”
  • Serbian: “Бонифачо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bonifacio”
  • Sicilian: “Bonifacio”
  • Silesian: “Bonifacio”
  • Slovak: “Bonifacio”
  • Slovenian: “Bonifacio”
  • Slovenian: “Bonifazio”
  • Spanish: “Bonifacio”
  • Spanish: “Bunifaziu”
  • Swahili: “Bonifacio”
  • Swedish: “Bonifacio”
  • Swiss German: “Bonifacio”
  • Tatar: “Бонифачо”
  • Thai: “โบนิฟาโช”
  • Turkish: “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Turkish: “Bonifacio”
  • Ukrainian: “Боніфасьйо”
  • Ukrainian: “Боніфачо”
  • Ukrainian: “Боніфачьо”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bonifacio”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bunifaziu”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bunifazziu”
  • Urdu: “بونیفاچیو، جنوبی کورسیکا”
  • Venetian: “Bonifacio”
  • Vietnamese: “Bonifacio”
  • Vlaams: “Bonifacio”
  • Volapük: “Bonifacio”
  • Walloon: “Bonifacio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bonifacio”
  • Welsh: “Bonifacio”
  • Wolof: “Bonifacio”
  • Wu Chinese: “博尼法乔”
  • Yue Chinese: “Bonifacio”
  • Zulu: “Bonifacio”
  • “Bonifacio”

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