Sal

Sal is an island in . Sal is a tourist destination with white sand 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 off the west coast of Africa.
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  • Type: concelho of Cape Verde with 39,700 residents
  • Description: municipality on the island of Sal, Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Município do Sal”, “Sal (Cabo Verde)”, “Sal Municipality”, “Sal, Cape Verde”, “살 시”, and “サル (カーボベルデ)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sal and Amílcar Cabral International Airport.

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is an island in .

Aerodrome
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, also known… is situated 4 km west of Sal.

Stadium
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is a multi-use in Sal Island, Cape Verde.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Espargos and Pedra de Lume.

Town
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is the capital and main commercial centre…

Village
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is a village in the northeastern part of the island of , .

Locality
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is a remote village in the northern part of the island of , . is situated 5 km northwest of Sal.

Sal

Latitude
16.75° or 16° 45′ north
Longitude
-22.9167° or 22° 55′ west
Population
39,700
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
798VQ32M+28
Geo­Names ID
3374249
Wiki­data ID
Q2721003
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Sal” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳል”
  • Arabic: “سال”
  • Asturian: “Sal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sal”
  • Bengali: “সাল”
  • Breton: “Sal”
  • Catalan: “Sal”
  • Cebuano: “Sal Municipality”
  • Chinese: “萨尔”
  • Chinese: “薩爾”
  • Danish: “Sal”
  • Dutch: “Sal”
  • Finnish: “Sal”
  • French: “Sal”
  • German: “Sal”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Σαλ”
  • Gujarati: “સાલ”
  • Hausa: “Sal”
  • Hindi: “साल”
  • Hungarian: “Sal”
  • Indonesian: “Sal”
  • Italian: “contea di Sal”
  • Italian: “Contea di Sal”
  • Japanese: “サル”
  • Japanese: “サル基礎自治体”
  • Javanese: “Sal”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾಲ್”
  • Kazakh: “Сал”
  • Kirghiz: “Сал”
  • Korean: “살시”
  • Latvian: “Sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Salas”
  • Malay: “Sal”
  • Marathi: “साल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sal”
  • Oromo: “Sal”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਲ”
  • Persian: “سال”
  • Polish: “Sal”
  • Portuguese: “Concelho do Sal”
  • Portuguese: “Sal”
  • Pushto: “سال”
  • Russian: “Сал”
  • Sinhala: “සල්”
  • Slovenian: “Sal”
  • Somali: “Sal”
  • Spanish: “Sal”
  • Swahili: “Sal”
  • Swedish: “Sal”
  • Tajik: “Сал”
  • Tamil: “ஸல்”
  • Tatar: “Sal”
  • Telugu: “సాల్”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลซัล”
  • Turkish: “Sal”
  • Ukrainian: “Сал”
  • Urdu: “سال، کیپ ورڈی”
  • Urdu: “سال”
  • Uzbek: “Sal”
  • Vietnamese: “Sal”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Alto do Solarinho and Feijoal.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Baía da Parda and Ponta Tarafinho.

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