Canchungo
Sign in to saveCanchungo is a town located in the western Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau formerly known as Vila Teixeira Pinto after Major João Teixeira Pinto, the Portuguese colonial officer who had brutally 'pacified' the area in the early 20th century. After independence the name was changed back to what it had always been. Formerly a center of trade, the town infrastructure has deteriorated significantly amid large-scale emigration, with the exception of a new hospital.
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- Locality
- Canchungo
- Region
- Região de Cacheu
- Country
- Guiné-Bissau
- Population
- 6,853
- Timezone
- Africa/Bissau
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Canchungo
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Canchungo Centro.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The centre of Canchungo next to the former Teixeira Pinto square.
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Canchungo.gif
- Settlement.image_shield
- Canchungo.PNG
- Settlement.shield_size
- 150px
- 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.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008 est.
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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Canchungo is a town located in the western Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau formerly known as Vila Teixeira Pinto after Major João Teixeira Pinto, the Portuguese colonial officer who had brutally 'pacified' the area in the early 20th century. After independence the name was changed back to what it had always been. Formerly a center of trade, the town infrastructure has deteriorated significantly amid large-scale emigration, with the exception of a new hospital.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canchungo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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