Catió

Place in Tombali Region, Guinea-Bissau

Market, Catió

Cumbija river near Catió

Catió is a city in south eastern Guinea-Bissau. It is the capital of Tombali Region.

Population 9,217 (2008 est).^[1]

Catio, along with Canjadude and other camps were besieged by the Portuguese in 1973.^[2]

Notable people

• Abdulai Silá (1958-) -engineer and writer

Climate

Catió has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) featuring hot temperatures year-round, little to no rainfall from November to May and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October.

References

1. World Gazetteer ^{[dead link]}, Retrieved on June 16, 2008
2. Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1390-1397. United States. Joint Publications Research Service. 1973. p. 29.
3. "Climate: Catió". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.