Canchungo

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Canchungo

Coordinates12.07°, -16.03°

Demographic figures from INE Guinea-Bissau. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

D

Daouda Jabi

Guinean footballer

Carlos Lopes

Guinea-Bissau economiste

F

Fernando Manuel Có

association football player

T

Tijane Reis

Guinea-Bissauan footballer

B

Bobó Djalo

Portuguese association football player

Panutche Camará

Bissau-Guinean association football player

Cedate Gomes Sa

French rugby union player

Florentino Pereira

Politician

O

Olivio Gomes

Victim of French police violence

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.