Key facts
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Seat
- Gabú
- Sectors
- Boé , Gabú , Piche , Pirada , Sonaco
- Total
- 9,150.0 km (3,532.8 sq mi)
- Density
- 23.555/km (61.008/sq mi)
- Iso 3166 code
- GW-GA
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Guinea-Bissau
- Country
- Portuguese Guinea
- Located in
- Leste Province
- Capital
- Gabu
- Population
- 214520
- Area
- 9150.0
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Kolda
- Image
- 20130613-DSC 9092 (9294085582).jpg
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- language used
- Mandinka
- native label
- Region Gabu
- Commons category
- Gabú Region
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Encyclopedic overview
12°10′N 14°10′W / 12.167°N 14.167°W / 12.167; -14.167
Gabú region is the easternmost region in Guinea-Bissau. Its capital is Gabú. The region borders Senegal to the north, Guinea to the east and south and the Guinea-Bissau regions of Tombali and Bafatá to the west. It covers an area of 9,150 km, making it the largest of Guinea-Bissau's administrative regions. It is an inland region covered with savannah or light savannah woodland and receives an annual rainfall of more than 2,000 mm (79 in).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gabú Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.