Pecixe
{{Short description|Island in Guinea-Bissau}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Pecixe
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| map = Guinea-Bissau
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| location = Atlantic Ocean
| coordinates = {{Coord|11.8333|-16.0833|display=inline,title}}[https://mapcarta.com/17087390 Ilha de Pecixe - Mapcarta]
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| area_km2 = 167
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| elevation_m = 6
| country = Guinea-Bissau
| country_admin_divisions_title = Region
| country_admin_divisions = Cacheu Region
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Sector
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Caió
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Pecixe is a coastal island in Guinea-Bissau, belonging to the Cacheu Region and the Caió sector. Its area is 167 km2.[http://islands.unep.ch/IPR.htm#592 Pecixe] in the Catalogue of Islands at UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) - accessed 16 November 2018 The island has a population of 3,207 (2009 census); the most populous village is Cassaca.[http://www.stat-guinebissau.com/publicacao/RGPH_2009.pdf População por região, sector e localidades por sexo censo 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331140142/http://www.stat-guinebissau.com/publicacao/RGPH_2009.pdf |date=2020-03-31 }}, Instituto Nacional de Estatística Guiné-Bissau The language of the island is reported to be Mandjak, a language of Guinea-Bissau with over 72,000 speakers altogether.{{cite book |last1=Westermann |first1=Diedrich |last2=Bryan |first2=Margaret Arminel |title=The Languages of West Africa |date=1970 |publisher=Dawsons |isbn=978-0-7129-0462-9 }}{{pn|date=July 2024}} Jeta island lies to the west. It is 3 km off the mainland, about 50 km west of the capital city Bissau.
History
The chiefs of Pecixe tended to ally with the Papel chiefdoms in the 19th century to the east instead of their northern Manjak neighbors. This was until 1890, when they joined the Manjak Kingdom of Bassarel. However, this proved to be short lived: in 1897, the Chiefdom of Pecixe joined a successful rebellion led by Chief of Pandim with several other chiefdoms against Bassarel, leaving the kingdom with half its previous territory. The island was conquered by Portuguese forces during the Pacification Campaign in the early 20th century.{{cite thesis |last1=Crowley |first1=Eve Lakshmi |date=1990 |title=Contracts with the spirits: Religion, asylum, and ethnic identity in the Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/edbc7f71ed233102fc02e581907353d9/1 }}{{pn|date=July 2024}}
Under Portugal, Pecixe was administered jointly with Jeta and Caió until the 1940s, when the island became its own district to better exploit its natural resources.
Climate
Cassaga, the largest village on the island has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with little to no rainfall from November to May and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October.
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| location = Cassaga
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| Jan high C = 31.7
| Feb high C = 33.3
| Mar high C = 34.2
| Apr high C = 34.2
| May high C = 33.4
| Jun high C = 31.7
| Jul high C = 29.9
| Aug high C = 29.1
| Sep high C = 30.1
| Oct high C = 31.5
| Nov high C = 32.1
| Dec high C = 31.2
| Jan mean C = 24.4
| Feb mean C = 25.7
| Mar mean C = 26.7
| Apr mean C = 27.3
| May mean C = 27.7
| Jun mean C = 27.4
| Jul mean C = 26.5
| Aug mean C = 25.9
| Sep mean C = 26.4
| Oct mean C = 27.2
| Nov mean C = 26.9
| Dec mean C = 24.8
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 17.1
| Feb low C = 18.1
| Mar low C = 19.3
| Apr low C = 20.5
| May low C = 22.1
| Jun low C = 23.1
| Jul low C = 23.1
| Aug low C = 22.8
| Sep low C = 22.8
| Oct low C = 22.9
| Nov low C = 21.8
| Dec low C = 18.5
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 0
|Feb rain mm = 0
|Mar rain mm = 0
|Apr rain mm = 0
|May rain mm = 11
|Jun rain mm = 151
|Jul rain mm = 536
|Aug rain mm = 673
|Sep rain mm = 411
|Oct rain mm = 192
|Nov rain mm = 30
|Dec rain mm = 3
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/659528/
|title = Climate: Cassaga
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = August 6, 2020}}
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