Buba
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Buba is the largest city in southern Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

, lying on the Rio Grande de Buba, near the Contanhez National Park. Population 6,815 (2008 est).

It is also a seaport and is the capital of the Quinara Region
Quinara Region
Quinara is a region in central Guinea-Bissau. Its capital is Buba.Quinara is divided into 4 sectors:*Buba*Empada*Fulacunda*TiteSee also:*Regions of Guinea-Bissau*Sectors of Guinea-Bissau...

. Former President of Guinea-Bissau Kumba Yala planned moving the nation's capital city
Capital City
Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....

 to Buba, but since his removal, this plan seems unlikely to proceed.

The Portuguese constructed an army camp in Buba, which shortly after independence was used as headquarters for a Dutch Foreign Aid Project aimed at providing the villages of Quinara and Tombali with safe drinking water. The construction of a plywood factory through Swedish Foreign Aid in 1982 boosted the economy and growth of Buba, as it installed a steam engine which produced enough electricity to supply the whole town.

Buba can also refer to a type of Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

ian fabric, or to the Deutsche Bundesbank
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