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	Portuguese Guinea - LoveToKnow 1911
		Bulama Island was discovered by Portuguese navigators in 1446, but was not formally claimed by Portugal until 1752, about which time she founded a station at Bissao, while in 1669 a post had been established on the Rio Grande.
		The inland limits of the Portuguese sphere were fixed by a convention concluded with France in 1886, and the frontier was delimited during 1900-1903.
		Portuguese authority does not in fact extend much beyond the few stations maintained, nor has the local government won the confidence of the natives.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portuguese_Guinea (1116 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		The rivers of Guinea and the islands of Cape Verde were among the first areas in Africa explored by the Portuguese in the 15th century.
		In 1630, a "captaincy-general" of Portuguese Guinea was established to administer the territory.
		The administrative capital was moved from Bolama to Bissau in 1941, and in 1952, by constitutional amendment, the colony of Portuguese Guinea became an overseas province of Portugal.
	www.traveldocs.com /gw/history.htm (960 words)

	Portuguese Guinea - Definition, explanation
		Portuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974.
		Though the coast had been under firm Portuguese control for the past four centuries, it was not until the Scramble for Africa that any interest was taken in the inland part of the colony.
		Portuguese Guinea was administered as part of the Cape Verde Islands colony until 1879, when it was separated from the islands to become its own colony.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/po/portuguese_guinea.php (572 words)

	Guinea, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A humid and tropical country, Guinea comprises an alluvial coastal plain, the mountainous Fouta Djallon region, a savanna interior, and the forested Guinea Highlands, which rise to c.5,800 ft (1,770 m) in the Nimba Mts.
		Guinea’s main ethnic groups are the pastoral Fulani and the agrarian Malinké, Susu, and other peoples.
		Under Touré’s leadership, Guinea became the only colony to vote against the constitution of the French Community in 1958 and to opt for complete independence, which was achieved on Oct. 2, 1958.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gu/GuineaWAf.html (1131 words)

	Guinea-Bissau. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Senegal in the north, and on Guinea in the east and south.
		Portuguese is the official language, but Crioulo (a Portuguese creole) and a number of African languages are also spoken.
		The area that became Portuguese Guinea was first visited by the Portuguese in 1446–47, and in the 16th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gu/GuineaBi.html (856 words)

	Portuguese Guinea Information
		Though the country had claimed the area four years earlier, Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão sailed around the coast of West Africa, reaching the Guinea area in about 1450, searching for the source gold, other valuable commodities, and slaves, that had slowly been trickling up into Europe via land routes for the preceding half century.
		A large tract of land that was formerly Portuguese was lost to French West Africa, including the prosperous Casamance River area, which had been a large commercial centre for the colony.
		The PAIGC was a relatively peaceful movement until 1961, when it launched a full scale guerrilla war against the Portuguese, declaring the overseas province independent and renaming it Guinea-Bissau.
	www.bookrags.com /Portuguese_Guinea (633 words)

	Guiné (Portuguese Guinea), 1959-1974
		The Portuguese Guinea — “Guiné” in Portuguese - was the poorest and the least populated Portuguese colony in Africa, but was considered important because of its strategic position, serving as a connection between the colonies in Angola and Mozambique, and also as administrative station.
		The Portuguese were not to admit a defeat, however: the FAP reinforced the BA.12, in Bissau/Bissalanca, by lengthening the runway, and deploying two additional Esquadrillhas of the 121 Escadron.
		Portuguese reaction was sober, nevertheless, with all the aircraft participating in operations near the combat zone being overpainted in IR-Green colour that helped decrease the IR-signature of the aircraft.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_350.shtml (4591 words)

	FOXNews.com - CountryWatch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the cooperation of self-seeking local leadership, the Portuguese entered the slave trade and exported large numbers of Africans to the Western Hemisphere via the Cape Verde Islands.
		Portuguese consolidation of the interior did not begin until the latter half of the 19th century.
		Despite the presence of Portuguese troops, the PAIGC steadily expanded its influence, and by 1968 it controlled most of the country.
	www.countrywatch.com /fox/country.asp?vCOUNTRY=71&topic=PCFHY (353 words)

	Portugal Portuguese Guinea - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		In Portuguese Guinea (present-day Guinea-Bissau), the struggle against Portuguese rule began officially in January 1963, although there had been earlier acts of sabotage by members of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano pela Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde- -PAIGC).
		Portuguese pilots became reluctant to fly, and as a result Portugal had to curtail the air attacks that had been highly effective against guerrilla operations.
		Portuguese losses in Portuguese Guinea were reported to be 1,656 killed in action and 696 noncombat deaths.
	www.photius.com /countries/portugal/national_security/portugal_national_security_portuguese_guinea.html (319 words)

	World InfoZone - Guinea-Bissau Facts
		The Portuguese explored present-day Guinea-Bissau, and the Cape Verde islands, in the fifteenth century.
		Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde islands were administered jointly by the Portuguese.
		Portuguese Guinea became a separate Portuguese Colony in 1870.
	www.worldinfozone.com /facts.php?country=GuineaBissau (232 words)

	CQM, Emissora da Guine in Bissau
		CQM, Emissora da Guine in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, 1959, 7948 kHz.
		Portuguese Guinea P.S. Our friend in Portugal, Carlos Goncalves, has translated a handwritten letter dated January 1, 1946, from "Radio Bissau," Portuguese Guinea, which was among the SWBC veries in the Roger Legge collection.
		The letter to Roger was accompanied by a folder of views of Portuguese Guinea, a few of which are shown in these scans.
	www181.pair.com /otsw/CQM.html (465 words)

	Guinea Bissau Flag,Guinea Bissau Map, Guinea Bissau Culture : SphereInfo.com
		The rivers of Guinea and the islands of Cape Verde were among the first areas in Africa explored by the Portuguese, notably Nuno Tristão, in the 15th century.
		The interior of Portuguese Guinea was brought under control after more than 30 years of fighting; final subjugation of the Bijagós Islands did not occur until 1936.
		The Portuguese Governor and Commander in Chief from 1968 to 1973, General António de Spínola, returned to Portugal and led the movement which brought democracy to Portugal and independence for its colonies.
	www.sphereinfo.com /guinea_bissau (929 words)

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		A small minority received an education; Cape Verde was the first Portuguese colony to have a school for higher education.
		Cape Verde, officially known as the Republic of Cape Verde (Portuguese- Republica de Cabo Verde), is an island archipelago lying 600 km west of Dakar, Senegal, the westernmost point of continental Africa.
		And, thanks to an agreement signed in 1995 with the Republic with Arqueonautas, a Portuguese company dedicated to surveying and excavating historical shipwrecks with full scientific backup, the museum may well be on its way to having lots of interesting exhibits.
	www.lycos.com /info/cape-verde--portuguese-guinea.html (515 words)

	Flags of portuguese colonies
		The portuguese government’s position regarding the colonies has been almost since the 40ies that those were as part of the country as Lisbon.
		In practice they didn’t work just any other province, note: A normal portuguese was free to change lodgings from one to other mainland province, but he would need a special document issued after an official case analysis if he’d want to settle on overseas territory.
		The proposal made by Almeida Langhans, a heraldist, was the hardly imaginative portuguese flag with the colonial arms in lower fly.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pt_col.html (1031 words)

	FACT SHEET: Republic of Guinea-Bissau at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the cooperation of local tribes, the Portuguese entered the slave trade and exported large numbers of Africans to the Western Hemisphere via the Cape Verde Islands.
		Despite the presence of Portuguese troops, which grew to more than 35,000, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde steadily expanded its influence until, by 1968, it controlled most of the country.
		The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde National Assembly met at Boe in the southeastern region and declared the independence of Guinea-Bissau on September 24, 1973.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/guinea_bissau/index.shtml (1104 words)

	The Banknotes of Guinea-Bissau
		Having established themselves in Africa in the days of the slave-trade, the Portuguese were unwilling to universally advance the cause of the indigenous peoples; and colonies, such as Portuguese Guinea, were continually exploited.
		As Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony within close proximity to Portuguese Guinea, and because many Cape Verdeans had come to live and work in the mainland colony, the aims of the PAIGC included the liberation of Cape Verde.
		The son of a senior bureaucrat in the Portuguese administration of Guinea-Bissau, Domingos Ramos was a member of the pioneers who commenced the initial phase of guerilla activity under the leadership of Amilcar Cabral in the early 1960s.
	www.pjsymes.com.au /articles/Guinea-Bissau.htm (6660 words)

	CNN - Gambia to try to mediate Guinea-Bissau crisis - June 17, 1998
		Portuguese marines helped evacuate 780 people from Bissau, the Guinea-Bissau capital, on Tuesday night after renewed fighting between rebels and pro-government forces, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.
		Forces loyal to Vieira, backed by soldiers from neighboring Senegal and Guinea, are trying to clear the rebels out of the sprawling Bra military camp on the outskirts of town and advance on the airport.
		Meanwhile, Lusa said the Portuguese evacuation operation on Tuesday night was coordinated by the navy frigate Vasco da Gama, which headed to the Cape Verde islands.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9806/17/guinea.bissau/index.html (711 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Portuguese Guinea, until 1879
		It's primary economic importance for the Portufuese lay in the acquisition of slaves destined to work the sugar plantations and gold mines of Brazil; the Portuguese established trade factories at Cacheu in 1614 and at Bissau in 1753, administratively under Cape Verde.
		An Anglo-Portuguese dispute evolved when Britain claimed the island as part of Sierra Leone colony; the dispute was settled in favour of the Portuguese in 1830.
		Until 1879 the Portuguese establishments in Portuguese Guinea (CACHEU, BISSAU, BOLAMA) were administrated from the Cape Verde Islands.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/westafrica/pguinpre1879.html (170 words)

	PORTUGUESE GUINEA - Online Information article about PORTUGUESE GUINEA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Senegal to the N., and French Guinea E. and S.
		The European population consists of a few Portuguese officials, soldiers, traders and convicts, and a few traders of other nationalities.
		Paris, 1906), in which are cited many papers dealing with Portuguese Guinea.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /POL_PRE/PORTUGUESE_GUINEA.html (1639 words)

	History of Cape Verde (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Moving its headquarters to Conakry, Guinea in 1960, the PAIGC began an armed rebellion against Portugal in 1961.
		By 1972, the PAIGC controlled much of Portuguese Guinea despite the presence of the Portuguese troops, but the organization did not attempt to disrupt Portuguese control in Cape Verde.
		Portuguese Guinea declared independence in 1973 and was granted de jure independence in 1974.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/capeverde.html (528 words)

	List of Portuguese Speaking Countries - Associated Content (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While Portuguese doesn't have the same international prominence as English or French, it is spoken in a fairly substantial number of countries.
		Andorra: Portuguese is one of the languages spoken in Andorra, a small nation in southern Europe.
		Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese is the official language of Guinea-Bissau, a former colony of Portugal located in western Africa.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/90637/list_of_portuguese_speaking_countries.html (421 words)

	CaboVerdeOnline.com - Politics
		Cape Verde was the first Portuguese colony to have a school for higher education.
		This largesse ultimately backfired on the Portuguese, however, as literate Cape Verdeans became aware of the pressures for independence building on the mainland and started a joint movement for independence with the natives of Guinea-Bissau.
		In 1951 Cape Verde's status changed from a Portuguese colony to an overseas province, and in 1961 the inhabitants became full Portuguese citizens.
	www.caboverdeonline.com /caboverde/politics/politics.asp (565 words)

	Guinea-Bissau
		The rivers of Guinea and the islands of Cape Verde were among the first areas in Africa explored by the Portuguese in the 15th century.
		With the collaboration of some local peoples, the Portuguese entered into the slave trade and exported large numbers of Africans to the Western Hemisphere through Cape Verde Islands.
		The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was organized clandestinely by Amilcar Cabral and Raphael Barbosa in 1956.
	www.zyama.com /Iowa/Countres/Guinea-Bissau.htm (310 words)

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		Guinea Bissau was the last of the three countries visited by the author and also, when compared to Mozambique and Cape Verde, the one most behind where electronic communication and telecommunication infrastructure is concerned.
		Guinea Bissau is both former Portuguese ex-colony with strong ties to Cape Verde as well as a small country in a large francophone zone.
		Guinea Bissau is currently in the process of converting to the CFA and joining the Banque Centrale des Etat de Afrique del Ouest.
	members.tripod.com /~gambuzino/e6.htm (14108 words)

	Portuguese Guinea — Infoplease.com
		Macao: The Portuguese Colonial Empire Comes to An End - Portugal: End of an Empire The Portuguese colonial empire comes to a close by Borgna Brunner On...
		The Timor Gap, Wonosobo and the fate of Portuguese Timor.
		Portuguese conceptual categories and the "Other" encounter on the Swahili coast.
	www.infoplease.com /id/A0917677 (205 words)

	Guinea-Bissau (10/07)
		The Portuguese Governor and Commander in Chief from 1968 to 1973, Gen. Antonio de Spinola, returned to Portugal and led the movement that brought democracy to Portugal and independence for its colonies.
		An army uprising against the Vieira government in June 1998 triggered a bloody civil war that created hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and resulted in President Vieria having to request assistance from the governments of Senegal and Guinea, who provided troops to quell the uprising.
		The International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau is composed of France, Spain, Portugal, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, ECOWAS, the Executive Secretariat of the Economic Community of West African States, and the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5454.htm (3308 words)

	Guinea-Bissau: History — FactMonster.com
		The area that became Portuguese Guinea was first visited by the Portuguese in 1446–47, and in the 16th cent.
		The territory was administered as part of the Portuguese Cape Verde Islands possession until 1879, when it became a separate colony.
		After some years of sporadic violence, the PAIGC launched a war of independence in Portuguese Guinea in the early 1960s; in 1973 it declared the province, renamed Guinea-Bissau, independent of Portugal.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858526.html (782 words)

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