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Kova Juana

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Island

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Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

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Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

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| Distance from the island capital: || about 2 to 3 km south Vila Nova Sintra
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Kova Juana

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Island

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Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

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Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

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Kova Juana

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

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Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

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Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

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Cova Joana (ALUPEC

ALUPEC

The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano , commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.- Description :...

 or ALUPEK: Kova Juana, Brava Creole: same name), is a village in the central part of the island of Brava

Brava, Cape Verde

Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

, Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

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Geography

Cova Joana is in the mountains nearly exactly in the middle of the island in a depression. The name of the village refers to the location, as the creole word cova means crater, depression or valley. The village is linked by a good paved road to Vila Nova Sintra, the capital of Brava which is about seven kilometers away, and to Nossa Senhora do Monte, a pilgrimage place which is about one kilometer to the South. The small harbour Fajã de Água on the West coast can be reached on a beautiful walking track as well as the Fontainhas, the highest mountain of Brava reaching a height of 976 meters.

Brava is known as the greenest island of Cape Verde. Frequently Brava is covered by clouds, so that evaporization is comparatively low and the island can keep its humidity. Humidity is kept even longer in the depression of Cova Joana, where agriculture (especially maize, bananas and beans) is the main source of income. Many houses have a garden where vegetables are grown.

Sights

The main street of Cova Joana is a picturesque tree-lined avenue with tall hibiscus

Hibiscus

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world...

 bushes. Several new houses in the village were built in the traditional style of sobrados, i.e. large colonial houses of wealthy land-owners.

Raúl de Pina, one of the most important musicians of Cape Verde, lived in Cova Joana. He had more than 30 children and he even owned a stradivari. His house is on the right side of the main street and it can be visited after appointment. Raúl de Pina was a friend of Eugénio Tavares

Eugénio Tavares

Eugénio de Paula Tavares was a Cape Verdean poet. He is known through his famous poems , written in the Crioulo of Brava. His name is honored in the name of the town square in Vila Nova Sintra along with a statue.-Mornas:***...

 (1867-1930), an important writer and composer of Cape Verde who also lived on Brava.

Infrastructure

There is a small shop, a restaurant and a guesthouse (pensão) in Main Street. Cova Joana has a school, but no church. In the neighbouring village of Nossa Senhora do Monte which can easily be reached on foot or by bus, there are some more shops and a sightworthy pilgrimage church which was founded in 1826.

Traffic connections

Several times a day, Cova Joana can be reached from Vila Nova de Sintra and from Nossa Senhora do Monte by "Aluguer" busses. There is, however, no fixed schedule, as the busses depart as soon as there are enough passengers.

Nearest settlements

• Vila Nova Sintra
  Nova Sintra
  Nova Sintra is a city in the central part of the island of Brava in southwestern and western Cape Verde and also serves as the seat of the Brava Municipality. With a population of about 1,800, the city is the nineteenth largest community in Cape Verde after Sal Rei...
  
  , northeast
• Nossa Senhora do Monte
  Nossa Senhora do Monte
  Nossa Senhora do Monte , may refer to the following parishes:*Nossa Senhora do Monte *Nossa Senhora do Monte...
  
  , south
• Fajã de Água, west