Official Name: | Catió |
Pushpin Map: | Guinea-Bissau |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 320 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guinea-Bissau |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guinea-Bissau |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tombali Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2008 est. |
Population Total: | 9217 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 11.2833°N -15.25°W |
Elevation M: | 1 |
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]
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.