Nova Sintra
Nova Sintra is a city in the central part of the island of Brava in southwestern Cape Verde. It serves as the seat of the Brava Municipality. The settlement is named after Sintra, the summer residence of the Portuguese kings.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 2,230 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Vila de Nova Cintra” and “Vila Nova Cinteus”
- Postal code: 9110
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brava and Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira.
Brava
Island
Photo: TxetxeCV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brava is an island in Cape Verde, and is part of the Sotavento group, in the central Atlantic Ocean. At 62.5 km2, it is the smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde archipelago, but at the same time the greenest.
Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira
Pitch
Estádio Aquiles de Olveira, also as Aquilo de Oliveira is a multi-use stadium in Nova Sintra on the island of Brava, Cape Verde. As the island size is small, it is the only sports venue on the island.
Monte Fontainhas
Volcano
Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monte Fontainhas is a volcanic mountain in the middle of Brava island in Cape Verde. At 976 m elevation, it is the highest point of the island. Rock types are made up of phonolite and ignimbrite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cova Rodela and Mato Grande.
Cova Rodela
Village
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cova Rodela is a village in the middle of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. The village is situated in the mountains, 1 km west of the island capital Nova Sintra.
Mato Grande
Village
Mato Grande is a settlement in the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountains, 1 km southeast of the island capital Nova Sintra.
Santa Bárbara
Hamlet
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Bárbara is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It is situated at 350 m elevation, close to the Atlantic coast.
Nova Sintra
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Brava Municipality, Cape Verde, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.87107° or 14° 52′ 16″ northLongitude
-24.69565° or 24° 41′ 44″ westPopulation
2,230Elevation
496 metres (1,627 feet)Open location code
796QV8C3+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1207428485OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3374117Wikidata ID
Q493634
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wolof—“Nova Sintra” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኖቫ ሲንትራ”
- Arabic: “نوفا سينترا”
- Azerbaijani: “Nova Sintra”
- Bengali: “নোভা সিন্ত্রা”
- Catalan: “Nova Sintra”
- Cebuano: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Chinese: “新辛特拉”
- Dutch: “Nova Sintra”
- French: “Nova Sintra”
- German: “Nova Sintra”
- German: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Hausa: “Nova Sintra”
- Hindi: “नोवा सिंत्रा”
- Indonesian: “Nova Sintra”
- Italian: “Nova Sintra”
- Japanese: “ノーヴァ・シントラ”
- Japanese: “ノバシントラ”
- Javanese: “Nova Sintra”
- Kazakh: “Нова-Синтра”
- Kirghiz: “Нова-Синтра”
- Korean: “노바신트라”
- Lithuanian: “Nova Sintra”
- Low German: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Malay: “Nova Sintra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Norwegian: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Oromo: “Nova Sintra”
- Panjabi: “ਨੋਵਾ ਸਿੰਤਰਾ”
- Persian: “نوا سینترا”
- Polish: “Nova Sintra”
- Portuguese: “Nova Sintra”
- Portuguese: “Vila de Nova Sintra”
- Portuguese: “Vila de São João Batista”
- Portuguese: “Vila nova sintra”
- Portuguese: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Pushto: “نوا سنترا”
- Romanian: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Russian: “Нова-Синтра”
- Slovenian: “Nova Sintra”
- Somali: “Nova Sintra”
- Spanish: “Nova Sintra”
- Swahili: “Nova Sintra”
- Swedish: “Vila Nova Sintra”
- Tajik: “Нова-Синтра”
- Tatar: “Nova Sintra”
- Turkish: “Nova Sintra”
- Ukrainian: “Віла Нова Сінтра”
- Ukrainian: “Нова Сінтра”
- Ukrainian: “Нова-Сінтра”
- Urdu: “نوویا سنترا”
- Uzbek: “Nova Sintra”
- Wolof: “Nova Sintra”
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