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==Immigration into Guinea-Bissau==
==Immigration into Guinea-Bissau==
<ref>"Guinea-Bissau", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau, accessed August 2021.</ref>
*Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of '''Kaabu''', as well as part of the '''Mali Empire'''. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the '''Portuguese Empire''' since the 16th century.
*In the 19th century, it was coloniZed as '''Portuguese Guinea'''.
*Upon independence, declared in 1973 and recogniZed in 1974, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name '''to prevent confusion with Guinea (formerly French Guinea).''' <ref>"Guinea-Bissau", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau, accessed August 2021.</ref>
 
==Emigration From Guinea-Bissau==
==Emigration From Guinea-Bissau==
'''KNOMAD Statistics:'''
'''KNOMAD Statistics:'''
318,531

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