Pecixe

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The Ilha de Pecixe is located off the coast of the West African country of Guinea- Bissau in the Atlantic Ocean island. It is located about 50 km west of the state capital Bissau off the mouth of the river Rio Mansoa. Your distance to the African mainland is at the narrowest point about 3 km. In the south, the broad strait Canal do Geba the Ilha de Pecixe separates the islands of the archipelago Bissagos, west of it lies the similarly large neighboring island of Ilha de Jeta. The island has a land area of 168 km ² and has a coastline of about 68 km along. You like Jeta belongs to the sector of Caio Cacheu region. The natural vegetation on Pecixe there, as everywhere along the heavily indented coast of Guinea -Bissau, mainly from mangroves and swampy rain forest. The interior of the island is divided by many rivers. The climate is tropical with heavy rainfall in the summer months. In recent decades, parts of the forests have been cleared for agricultural use ( brand ). Residents Pecixes belong to the people of Manjago (or Manjaku ). and speak, in addition to the national vernacular Crioulo and the official language, Portuguese, their own, to the Atlantic branch of the Niger -Congo language family counting.