Coordinates: 11°57′N 15°39′W / 11.950°N 15.650°W / 11.950; -15.650

Safim

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Roundabout in front of Osvaldo Vieira Airport, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, Safim city.

Safim is a city and sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau. It has a population of 17,356 inhabitants as of the 2009 national census.[1][2]

The sector's land area covers 174.8 km2.[3]

Safim is part of the Metropolitan Region of Bissau, a conurbation that includes the cities of Bissau, Prabis and Nhacra.[4]

In this city, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, is the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the only international airport in the country.[5]

Its name is a reference to the Safim River, which cuts through the sectorial territory.[6]

Natives

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Natives include Rafael Paula Barbosa.

References

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