Africa
Cape Verde
Boa Vista Municipality

Rabil

Rabil is a town on the island of , . It was the island's former capital. Rabil is the island's second largest town, located 6 kilometres southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei.
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  • Type: Village with 1,250 residents
  • Description: town on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Rabil, Cape Verde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aristides Pereira International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport in located on the island of , about 5 km southeast of the island capital . It is the third-busiest airport in the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Estância de Baixo and Sal Rei.

Hamlet
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is a settlement in the western part of the island of , . Its population was 578 in 2010, making it the island's third most populated place.

Town
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is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of in eastern . is the island's main urban settlement, and the seat of the . is situated 6 km northwest of Rabil.

Hamlet
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bofarreira is a village in the northern part of the island of in the archipelago. The village is around 10 km east of the island capital of . is situated 10 km northeast of Rabil.

Rabil

Latitude
16.12803° or 16° 7′ 41″ north
Longitude
-22.8885° or 22° 53′ 19″ west
Population
1,250
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
IATA airport code
BVC
Open location code
798V44H6+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2457911247
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3374301
Wiki­data ID
Q3974889
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Wolof—“Rabil” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Rabil”
  • Chinese: “拉比爾”
  • Dutch: “Rabil”
  • French: “Rabil”
  • German: “Rabil”
  • Japanese: “ラビル”
  • Low German: “Rabil”
  • Persian: “رابیل، دماغه سبز”
  • Persian: “رابیل، کیپ ورد”
  • Portuguese: “Rabil”
  • Spanish: “Rabil”
  • Ukrainian: “Рабіл”
  • Wolof: “Rabil (Kap Weer)”
  • Wolof: “Rabil”

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Highlights include Praça 4 de Maio and Artesanato Olaria de Rabil.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rabil”. Photo: Adriao, CC BY 3.0.