Rabil, Cape Verde
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| Island
: || Boa Vista
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| Municipality: || Boa Vista
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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 3 km south
of Sal Rei
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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
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| Island
: || Boa Vista
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| Municipality: || Boa Vista
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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 3 km south
of Sal Rei
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| Island
: || Boa Vista
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| Municipality: || Boa Vista
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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 3 km south
of Sal Rei
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| Altitude:
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about 15 m
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Rabil (also in Capeverdean Crioulo), is the island's second largest town located 3 km south of the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista
, Cape Verde
. Its population is approximately 1,000. Rabil is linked with a paved road linking Sal Rei and Norte
, a poor road to the west and a few dirt roads linking to various parts of the island. It is home to the nearby airport (see Rabil Airport
). The street plan were made up of desert streets with desert-like mud-brick built homes with some concrete and stone-built homes as well. The town also serves a gas station as well. The island's marathon run passes through the town and has been since the early to mid-2000s.
with no grasslands. Several mountains can be seen to the southern and eastern parts of the island as well as grasses and marshes by the shoreline to the west. there are grasslands within the vicinity of Rabil and the northern part as well as a few farmlands, composing mainly of cattle and wheat as well as barley and other grains, bananas, tomatoes, corn and other fruits and vegetables are rare (there is no irrigation) and are heavily shipped from the islands of Santiago
, São Nicolau and other parts of Cape Verde.
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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...
: || Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
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| Municipality: || Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 3 km south
of Sal Rei
Sal Rei
Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the 18th largest community in Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. It is also the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality...
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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...
: || Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
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| Municipality: || Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 3 km south
of Sal Rei
Sal Rei
Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the 18th largest community in Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. It is also the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality...
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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...
: || Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
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| Municipality: || Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 3 km south
of Sal Rei
Sal Rei
Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the 18th largest community in Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. It is also the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality...
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about 15 m
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Rabil (also in Capeverdean Crioulo), is the island's second largest town located 3 km south of the island capital of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches...
, 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...
. Its population is approximately 1,000. Rabil is linked with a paved road linking Sal Rei and Norte
Norte, Cape Verde
Norte is a village in the east-northeastern part of the island of Boa Vista. The village is around 35 km southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei and it is linked with the island's major road with Sal Rei and a remote road to Estância de Baixo and Morro Negro a few kilometres to the...
, a poor road to the west and a few dirt roads linking to various parts of the island. It is home to the nearby airport (see Rabil Airport
Rabil Airport
The Aristides Pereira Airport is an airport in Cape Verde located in the island of Boa Vista, about 5 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. Its IATA code means Boa Vista, Cape Verde, and the last two letters of the ICAO code is Boa Vista...
). The street plan were made up of desert streets with desert-like mud-brick built homes with some concrete and stone-built homes as well. The town also serves a gas station as well. The island's marathon run passes through the town and has been since the early to mid-2000s.
Geography
The area around Rabil are almost entirely flat and deserted with rocks making it look like MarsMars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
with no grasslands. Several mountains can be seen to the southern and eastern parts of the island as well as grasses and marshes by the shoreline to the west. there are grasslands within the vicinity of Rabil and the northern part as well as a few farmlands, composing mainly of cattle and wheat as well as barley and other grains, bananas, tomatoes, corn and other fruits and vegetables are rare (there is no irrigation) and are heavily shipped from the islands of Santiago
Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....
, São Nicolau and other parts of Cape Verde.