Rabil

Rabil
Settlement
Rabil
Coordinates: 16°07′44″N 22°53′13″W / 16.129°N 22.887°W / 16.129; -22.887Coordinates: 16°07′44″N 22°53′13″W / 16.129°N 22.887°W / 16.129; -22.887
Country Cape Verde
Island Boa Vista
Municipality Boa Vista
Civil parish Santa Isabel
Elevation 37 m (121 ft)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 1,248
Postal code 5110, 5111

Rabil is a town[2] on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. It was the island's former capital.[3] Rabil is the island's second largest town, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei. Its population was 1,248 in 2010. The island's airport, Aristides Pereira International Airport, is situated northwest of the town.

Geography

View of Rabil from the airport
Praia de Chaves with its hotels and resorts in Rabil's west end

The river Ribeira do Rabil flows past the town. The wetlands around its mouth are an Important Bird Area.[4] The beach Praia da Chave has been developed for tourism.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
  3. ↑ Coad, Jenny (28 August 2010). "Cape Verde: All adrift in the Atlantic". Mail Online. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ribeira do Rabil no seu verde" [Ribeira do Rabil at its Greenest]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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