Catió is a city in south eastern

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

. It is the capital of

Tombali Region Tombali is one of the eight regions in Guinea-Bissau. It is located in the extreme south of the country and its capital is Catió. There has not been any local administration since the civil war of 1998-99 and all social services are done by or ...

. Population 9,217 (2008 est). Catio, along with Canjadude and other camps were besieged by the Portuguese in 1973.

Notable people

Abdulai Silá Abdulai Silá (also Silla, Sila; born 1 April 1958 in Catió), is a Guinea-Bissauan engineer, economist, social researcher and writer. He is the author of three novels: ''Eterna Paixão'' (1994), ''A Última Tragédia'' (1995) and ''Mistida'' (19 ...

(1958-) -engineer and writer

Climate

Catió has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''Am'') featuring hot temperatures year-round, little to no rainfall from November to May and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October.

References

Tombali Region Populated places in Guinea-Bissau Sectors of Guinea-Bissau {{guineaBissau-geo-stub