Cacheu
Cacheu is a small city of 10,000 people in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. Notable buildings in Cacheu include the Portuguese-built 16th century fort, dating from the period when Cacheu was a centre for the slave trade.
- Town with about 5,670 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
- Description: city
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Latitude
12.2742° or 12° 16′ 27″ north
Longitude
-16.1649° or 16° 9′ 54″ west
UN/LOCODE
GW CAC
Open location code
7C457RFP+M2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Cacheu” goes by many names.
كاشيوArabic
CacheuAsturian
КашэўBelarusian
CacheuBreton
CacheuCatalan
CacheuCebuano
Cacheu (kapital sa rehiyon sa Guinea-Bissau)Cebuano
卡謝烏Chinese
卡谢乌Chinese
CacheuCzech
CacheuDanish
CacheuDutch
كاشيوEgyptian Arabic
CacheuEsperanto
CacheuFinnish
CacheuGalician
ΚασόGreek
CacheuHungarian
CacheuItalian
カシェウJapanese
カチェウJapanese
카셰우Korean
KašeuLithuanian
КашэуMoksha
CacheuNorthern Frisian
CacheuNorwegian Bokmål
CacheuPolish
CacheuRomanian
КашеуRussian
CacheuSlovenian
CacheuSwedish
Cacheu (regionhuvudort)Swedish
CacheuTagalog
กาเชวThai
КашеуUkrainian
کاشیوUrdu
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