Orango is one of the Bijagós Islands, located 60 kilometres (30 nautical miles)[2] off the coast of mainland Guinea-Bissau. At 272.5 km2 (105+1⁄4 sq mi), it is the largest island in the archipelago.[3] The island has a population of 1,250 (2009 census); the largest village is Eticoga.[1] With the neighbouring islands Imbone, Canongo, Meneque and Orangozinho, it forms the Orango National Park. It belongs to the Uno Sector.
Orango is known for its saltwater hippopotamuses.[4] It was the seat of Okinka Pampa until her death in 1930.[5]
^ abPopulação por região, sector e localidades por sexo censo 2009, Instituto Nacional de Estatística Guiné-Bissau
^Women, not men, choose spouses on African isle - International Herald Tribune
^Orango in the Catalogue of Islands at UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) - accessed 16 November 2018
^Orango Islands National Park
^Peter Karibe Mendy; Lobban Jr. (17 October 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8027-6.
Orango is one of the Bijagós Islands, located 60 kilometres (30 nautical miles) off the coast of mainland Guinea-Bissau. At 272.5 km2 (105+1⁄4 sq mi),...
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Philharmonic. Concert appearances have included the UK premiere of Shostakovich's Orango with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Bach's St Matthew...
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the Mtsensk District/Katerina Izmailova The Big Lightning (unfinished) Orango (unfinished) The Twelve Chairs (unfinished) Katyusha Maslova (unfinished)...
music director Shostakovich (orchestration by Gerard McBurney): Prologue to Orango, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting (Deutsche Grammophon) Verdi: Messa da Requiem...
hat Yobo: rapper and entertainer, twin brother of Star Wars' Yoda Peppino Orango-Thang Keep Yo Animal! - 2016/2017 (CD / Verycords) Revolve and Step Up!...
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