BOE

formerly Madina Do Bo town, southeastern Guinea-Bissau, on the Corubal River. It was the site of the declaration of independence put forth in 1973 by the Partido Africano da Independncia da Guin e Cabo Verde (PAIGC; African Independence Party for Guinea and Cape Verde). The Mayor of Bissau city, Juvencio Gomes, announced at the country's independence in 1974 that Bo would replace Bissau as the capital of Guinea-Bissau as a symbol of the struggle against Portugal; this plan was not implemented as it was economically impractical. There are bauxite and iron-ore deposits in the nearby Bo Hills. Pop. (1979) mun., 9,010.