Bolama is an administrative region in Guinea-Bissau, consisting primarily of the Bijagós Archipelago of the country's southern coast, together with a small coastal strip centred on the coastal town of São João. It has an area of 2,624 km2. Its capital is Bolama, on the island of the same name. It is a coastal region covered with Mangrove swamps, rain forest and tangled forest and receives an annual rainfall of more than 1,000 mm (39 in).
As of 2009, the total population of the region was 32,424, with the urban population being 9,118 and rural being 23,306. The sex ratio of the region is 97 females for every hundred males. As of 2009, the net activity rate was 48.88 per cent, proportion of employed labour force was 33.32 per cent, proportion of labour force was 75.77 and the proportion of potentially active population was 33.32 per cent. The absolute poverty rate, people earning less than $2 a day, in the region stood at 51.6 per cent, with a regional contribution of 20.6 per cent to the national poverty totals.
11°20′N 16°5′W / 11.333°N 16.083°W / 11.333; -16.083 Bolama is an administrative region in Guinea-Bissau, consisting primarily of the Bijagós Archipelago...
name with ist largest settlement, the town Bolama, which is the capital of the island and the BolamaRegion. It is almost surrounded by mangrove swamps...
Bolama may refer to several locations in Guinea-Bissau: BolamaRegionBolama Island Bolama (town), capital of the region and main town of the island This...
The Orango National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional de Orango) is a protected area in Guinea-Bissau. It was established in December 2000. The park has...
Okinka Pampa Kanyimpa, sometimes Kanjimpa (died 1930) was a queen-priestess of the Bijagos of Orango, in the Bissagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau. She lived...
Caravela is the northernmost island of the Bissagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau, part of the Sector of Caravela, which also includes the islands Carache,...
Galinhas is located about 25 km southwest of Bolama town. The Canal de Bolama separates it from Bolama Island, the easternmost island of the group that...
Unhocomo is the westernmost island in the Bissagos archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. It forms part of the Sector of Uno. In 2009 its population was 678. It...
EN Bolama, also known by its full name Estrela Negra de Bolama, is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Bolama. It is one of two chief clubs of the...
Bubaque Airport (IATA: BQE, ICAO: GGBU) is an airport serving the island town of Bubaque, in Guinea-Bissau. It is the Bijagos Archipelago's only airfield...
15°50′W / 11.283°N 15.833°W / 11.283; -15.833 Country Guinea-Bissau RegionBolamaRegion Sector Bubaque Area • Land 70 km2 (28 sq mi) Population (2009)...
Guinea or Colony of Bolama and Bolama River, was a colony of the United Kingdom in West Africa. Its capital was in the city of Bolama. The colony was founded...
Roxa or Canhabaque is an island in the Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau. It is part of the sector of Bubaque. Its area is 111 square kilometres (43 sq mi);...
Bissau-Guinean nurse, independence activist and current politician. She was born in Bolama, the former capital of the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea. As a...
country's independence from Portugal. He was born into a leading family in Bolama in Portuguese Guinea to Burmester Wilhelm Ellis Bull, from Sierra Leone...
of Bissau depended mainly on the (now abandoned) Bolama airport, which was close to the town of Bolama, the colonial capital of Guinea until 1941. Travellers...
part of the Bissagos Islands group, Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the BolamaRegion and the sector of Caravela. Its area is 80.4 km2, the island is 18.7 km...
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