FARIM

town, north central Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, on the Rio Cacheu. It is a market centre for the agricultural products of the interior; peanut (groundnut) cultivation, concentrated around the town, is mainly for export, and cattle are raised for domestic consumption in the northern savannas of the region. There are phosphate deposits near the town. Farim is connected by road to Bissau, the national capital, and it marks the limit of navigation of the Rio Cacheu. Pop. (1979) mun., 26,242.