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Bissau

Bissau (Portuguese pronunciation: [bi??saw]) is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. As of 2015, it had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, its administrative and military center. Etymology The term Bissau may have come from the name of a clan N'nssassun, in its plural form B??ssassun. Intchassu (B??ssassu) was the name given to the nephew of King Mecau???the first sovereign of the island of Bissau???son of his sister Pungenhum. B??ssassu formed a clan of the Papel peoples. History From well before the arrival of Europeans to the early 20th century, the island of Bissau was governed as a kingdom inhabited by the Papel people. According to oral tradition, the kingdom was founded by Mecau, the son of the king of Quinara (Guinala), who moved...

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