  Elia Island Location | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cacheu River |
| Coordinates | 12°14′23″N16°18′18″W / 12.2397°N 16.305°W Coordinates: 12°14′23″N16°18′18″W / 12.2397°N 16.305°W |
| Length | 10.5 km (6.52 mi) |
| Width | 4.2 km (2.61 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Cacheu Region |
| Sector | São Domingos |
Elia Island (Portuguese : Ilha de Elia) is an island in Guinea-Bissau. It is located on the right bank of the Cacheu River close to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. The islands's western end lies east of the confluence with the Elia River with Ongueringao Island on the other bank. [1] Its maximum elevation is 5 m and its length 10.5 km [2]
Portuguese is a Western Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. Reintegrationists maintain that Galician is not a separate language, but a dialect of Portuguese. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (Lusófono).
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,815,698.
The Cacheu is a river of Guinea-Bissau also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of its major tributaries is the Canjambari River.
