Buba
Sign in to saveBuba is the largest city in southern Guinea-Bissau and the capital of the Quinara region. It lies on the extreme end of the Rio Grande de Buba, near the Contanhez National Park, and has a population 6,815 (2008 est).
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Place details
- Locality
- Sector de Buba
- Region
- Região de Quinara
- Country
- Guiné-Bissau
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Buba
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Colonial building in Buba, Guinea-Bissau.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Colonial building in Buba
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guinea-Bissau
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 320
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guinea-Bissau
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guinea-Bissau
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quinara Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Located in
- Quinara Region
- Population
- +7898
- Elevation
- +3
- Body of water
- Grande de Buba River
- Capital of
- Quinara Region
- Image
- Colonial building in Buba, Guinea-Bissau.jpg
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Buba is the largest city in southern Guinea-Bissau and the capital of the Quinara region. It lies on the extreme end of the Rio Grande de Buba, near the Contanhez National Park, and has a population 6,815 (2008 est).
==History== The area that is now Buba was once a part of the Biafada kingdom of Biguba. The city's name is a corruption of this state, although the modern town was not prominent until the 19th century.