Catió is a city in south-western

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

. It is the capital of Tombali Region. Population 9,217 (2008 est). Catio, along with Canjadude and other camps were besieged by the Portuguese in 1973.

Notable people

* Abdulai Silá (1958-) -engineer and writer

Climate

Catió has a

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''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