Orangozinho
Sign in to saveOrangozinho (Portuguese meaning Little Orango) is an island in the southern part of the Bijagos Archipelago, in Guinea-Bissau. It is part of the Bubaque sector in the Bolama Region. With an area of , the island is part of the Orango National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The island's terrain is low-lying with extensive mangrove and savannah ecosystems. As of 2009, the island supported around 706 Bijagó people, living in matriarchal, animist communities. The economy is based on fishing, small-scale agriculture, and tourism.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Orangozinho
- Islands.image_name
- Map of the sectors of the Bolama Region, Guinea-Bissau.png
- Islands.image_caption
- Orangozinho in the Bubaque Sector
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- Cape Verdean Creole
- Islands.location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Bijagós Archipelago
- Islands.area_km2
- 107
- Islands.length_km
- 19
- Islands.width_km
- 11.8
- Islands.country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Bolama
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2009
- Islands.population
- 706
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Orangozinho (Portuguese meaning Little Orango) is an island in the southern part of the Bijagos Archipelago, in Guinea-Bissau. It is part of the Bubaque sector in the Bolama Region. With an area of , the island is part of the Orango National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The island's terrain is low-lying with extensive mangrove and savannah ecosystems. As of 2009, the island supported around 706 Bijagó people, living in matriarchal, animist communities. The economy is based on fishing, small-scale agriculture, and tourism.
== Geography == Orangozinho island is located in the southern part of the Bijagos Archipelago, in Guinea-Bissau. It is part of the Bubaque sector in the Bolama Region. With an area of , the island measures by length and by width, and had a long coastline.
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