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Bissau

Capital of Guinea-Bissau

Watercolour of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Bissau as a low, largely flat city near the Geba estuary, with Bissau Cathedral, Nossa Senhora da Candelária and The Presidential Palace.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Bissau Cathedral, Nossa Senhora da Candelária; The Presidential Palace; The independence memorial in Praça dos Heróis Nacionais; Avenida Amílcar Cabral
Viewpoint
Use a moderately elevated view along Avenida Amílcar Cabral from the cathedral area toward the presidential square, a documented central-city alignment that is more representative than a generic tropical harbor postcard.
Palette
Muted botanical green should predominate in the real boulevard trees and planted plots, with slate-grey roof shadows and pale neutral walls leaving the low-rise urban structure clear.
Guarded against
Avoid making Bissau look like Lisbon with steep tiled hills and trams, Conakry with a different high-rise coastal skyline, or a dry Sahelian town surrounded by dunes.
Population439,704Wikidata: 395,954
Coordinates11.86°N, 15.60°W
Elevation0 m
Area78 km²
Time zoneAfrica/BissauUTC+0
Solar noon13:02clock runs 1.0 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Bissau and you surface nearest to Lata, Solomon Islands — 198 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

BanjulGM206 km
CamayenneGN332 km
ConakryGN332 km
ToubaSN335 km
DakarSN372 km
FreetownSL455 km
NouakchottMR694 km
MonroviaLR812 km

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