Chéché | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Guinea-Bissau |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guinea-Bissau |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Gabú Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Sector |
Subdivision Name2: | Piche |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 11.9275°N -14.2144°W |
Chéché or Ché Ché is a village in the Gabú Region of north-eastern Guinea-Bissau. It lies on the south of the Corubal River, to the south of Canjadude.The river crossing was the site of the Cheche Disaster of 6 February 1969, in which about 50 Portuguese soldiers drowned in an accident when their ferry tipped over.[1]