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This article is a list of buildings and structures in Cape Verde ordered by city or ... Forte Duque de Bragança on Ilhéu de Sal Rei; Estádio Municipal Arsénio ...
Cape Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, [1] is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) off the coast of West Africa , the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).
Tourism contributed US$41 million to the country's economy in the year 2000. The hotel industry contributed 2.0% to GDP in 1997, which increased to 6.8% in 2001. [citation needed] The number of tourists increased from approximately 45,000 in 1997 to more than 115,000 in 2001 and to over 765,000 in 2018 according to the Cape Verdean statistics ...
Murdeira is a village in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The village is situated on the west coast, 9 km south of the island capital Espargos and 10 km north of Santa Maria. roughly midway along the island's major highway linking Baía de Murdeira with its rock pools. Murdeira was originally a small settlement of mostly farmers and fishermen.
Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde.Sal is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, 350 miles (560 km) off the west coast of Africa.
Santa Maria (Portuguese for Saint Mary) is a city [2] in the southern part of the island municipality of Sal, Cape Verde.It is located on the south coast, about 16 km south of the Amílcar Cabral International Airport, and 20 km south of the island capital Espargos.
Praia de Santa Maria is a beach on the south coast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde. It stretches from the city center of Santa Maria in the east to the Ponta do Sinó (the island's southernmost point) in the southwest. It is about 2 km long. Along with Praia da Ponta Preta, it is the most popular beach on the city and island.
Ponta do Sinó is the southernmost point of the island of Sal in Cape Verde. [1] It lies 2 km southwest of Santa Maria city centre. The area north of the headland is a protected area: nature reserve Ponta do Sinó, at the edge of a large tourism development zone. [2] There is a lighthouse on the headland, Farol da Ponta do Sinó, built in 1892 ...