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Bissau is the capital city of Guinea-Bissau . It is also the largest city in the country; around 355,000 people live there. The city is where the Geba river flows into the Atlantic Ocean .
The city was built by the Portuguese in 1687 . It became the capital of Portuguese Guinea in 1942 , and has been the capital since independence was declared, except for a short time in 1973 and 1974 when the capital was at Boe. Bissau is famous for having a carnival every year.
The main things that come from here are peanuts , wood , coconut meat, palm oil , and rubber .
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