Brava, Cape Verde
Appearance
Geography | |
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Location | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 14°52′N 24°42′W / 14.867°N 24.700°W |
Area | 62.51 km2 (24.14 sq mi) |
Length | 10.5 km (6.52 mi) |
Width | 9.3 km (5.78 mi) |
Highest elevation | 976 m (3202 ft) |
Highest point | Monte Fontainhas |
Administration | |
Municipality | Brava |
Largest settlement | Nova Sintra |
Demographics | |
Population | 5,698 (2015) |
Pop. density | 91.2/km2 (236.2/sq mi) |
Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is in the Sotavento group. It is the smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde archipelago.
For more than a century, its main industry was whaling. Now it is primarily agricultural.
History
[change | change source]Brava was discovered in 1462 by the Portuguese explorer Diogo Afonso.[1] Around 1620 the population of Brava started with the arrival of settlers from Madeira and the Azores.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]Monte Fontainhas is the highest point on the island, reaching 976 metres elevation.[3]
Municipality
[change | change source]Administratively, the island of Brava is covered by one municipality. There are 2 civil parishes: São João Baptista and Nossa Senhora do Monte. The municipal seat is the city Nova Sintra.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 97
- ↑ Centre historique de Nova Sintra, UNESCO (in French)
- ↑ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística