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Cacheu
Fortress of Cacheu
Fortress of Cacheu
Cacheu is located in Guinea-Bissau
Cacheu
Cacheu
Location in Guinea-Bissau
Coordinates: 12°16′14″N 16°09′57″W / 12.27056°N 16.16583°W / 12.27056; -16.16583
Country Guinea-Bissau
RegionCacheu Region
Captaincy founded and fort built1588
Incorporated (town)1605
Elevation
44 m (144 ft)
Population
 (2009 census)
 • Total9,882

Cacheu is a town in northwestern Guinea-Bissau lying on the Cacheu River, capital of the eponymous region. Its population was estimated to be 9,849 as of 2008.[1]

  1. ^ World Gazetteer [dead link], Retrieved on June 16, 2008

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