Safim

{{Short description|City and sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau}}

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Safim is a city and sector in the Biombo Region of Guinea-Bissau. It has a population of 17,356 inhabitants as of the 2009 national census.{{Cite web |title=Guinea-Bissau |url=http://citypopulation.de/GuineaBissau.html |website=City Population |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sectors of Guinea-Bissau |url=http://www.statoids.com/ygw.html |access-date=2020-10-16 |website=Statoids |language=en}}

The sector's land area covers 174.8 km².{{Cite book |last=Associação Nacional das Empresas Metalúrgicas e Electromecânicas |url=https://www.aneme.pt/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ESTUDO_guineBissau-1.pdf |title=Estudo Guiné-Bissau |date=2018 |location=Lisboa |language=pt}}

Safim is part of the Metropolitan Region of Bissau, a conurbation that includes the cities of Bissau, Prabis and Nhacra.{{Cite web |last=Cá |first=Natália Ernesto |date=2017 |title=A família e o trabalho: Trajetória da educação de crianças talibés na Guiné-Bissau |url=http://repositorio.unilab.edu.br:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/618/1/2017_mono_nca.pdf |publisher=Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira |language=pt |type=Final paper}}

In this city, in the Bissalanca neighborhood, is the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, the only international airport in the country.{{Cite web |title=Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau |url=https://www.aeroporto-bissau.com/pt/aeroporto_internacional_de_bissau.php |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau |language=pt}}

Its name is a reference to the Safim River, which cuts through the sectorial territory.{{Cite map |date=1953 |title=[Map of Bissau and Bissagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa] |url=http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/west_africa/txu-oclc-6595921-nc28-2.jpg |publisher=Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army |language=en}}