Cacheu
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Place details
- Locality
- Cacheu
- Region
- Região de Cacheu
- Country
- Guiné-Bissau
- Population
- 10,490
- Timezone
- Africa/Bissau
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Cacheu
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Forte de Cacheu 4.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Fortress of Cacheu
- 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
- Cacheu Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Captaincy founded and fort built
- Settlement.established_date
- 1588
- Settlement.established_title2
- Incorporated (town)
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1605
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2009 census
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Current attractions
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- References
- Sources
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 .
==Etymology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cacheu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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