Orango National Park
In the southern part of the Archipelago, this park consists of five main islands: Orango, Orangozinho, Meneque, Canogo and Imbone and three islets: Adonga, Canuapa and Anetive. It has a total area of 158 235 hectares.
Orango island
Orango is part of the National Park and goes by the same name. It is the most distant island of the mainland of Guinea-Bissau and the largest in terms of surface, although it only has about 2 500 inhabitants spread over about 10% of the territory.
The Orango National Park is considered one of the places that has the greatest biodiversity in all of Guinea-Bissau.
You can find several animals that, over the years, have adapted to the environment of the coasts and their saline conditions, such as the hippopotamus that usually lives only in fresh waters but have adapted to the salty waters of Guinea-Bissau after a few hundred years.
Besides hippos, you can find herbivorous animals such as manatees, which can be found in large numbers in this region. A large concentration of aquatic reptiles can also be seen, counting two species of crocodiles and about five of sea turtles.
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