Regions of Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions (singular: região, plural: regiões) and 1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo). The regions are subdivided into a total of 39 sectors (singular: setor, plural: setores); which are further subdivided into smaller groups called sections (singular: secção, plural: secções); which are further subdivided into populated places (i.e.: towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities, etc.).

Regions

Region Capital Area<ref>Guinea-Bissau at GeoHive</ref> Population (2009) Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip km2 mi2 Bafatá Bafatá Template:Convert 210,007 E 6 Biombo Quinhámel Template:Convert 97,120 N 3 Bissau {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} Template:Convert 387,909 — 1 Bolama Bolama Template:Convert 34,563 S 4 Cacheu Cacheu Template:Convert 192,508 N 6 Gabú Gabú Template:Convert 215,530 E 5 Oio Farim Template:Convert 224,644 N 5 Quinara Buba Template:Convert 63,610 S 4 Tombali Catió Template:Convert 94,939 S 5

The regions can also be grouped into 3 provinces:

• Leste (East): Bafatá, Gabu
• Norte (North): Biombo, Cacheu, Oio
• Sul (South): Bolama, Quinara, Tombali

See also

• List of regions of Guinea-Bissau by Human Development Index
• ISO 3166-2:GW