Brava Municipality
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: concelho of Cape Verde with 6,620 residents
- Description: municipality on the island of Brava, Cape Verde
- Also known as: “Brava”, “Brava, Cape Verde”, and “Concelho da Brava”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brava and Monte Fontainhas.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nova Sintra and Furna.
Nova Sintra
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Furna
Town
Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Furna is a seaside community in the northeastern part of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It lies 2.5 km northeast of the island capital of Nova Sintra. At the 2010 census its population was 612.
Campo Baixo
Village
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Campo Baixo is a small settlement located in the southwestern part of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. In English, the name of the village means 'low field'.
Brava Municipality
- Location: Cape Verde, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Brava Municipality” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ብራቫ”
- Arabic: “برافا”
- Asturian: “Brava”
- Azerbaijani: “Brava”
- Bengali: “ব্রাভা”
- Breton: “Brava”
- Catalan: “Brava”
- Chinese: “布拉瓦”
- Danish: “Brava”
- Dutch: “Brava”
- Finnish: “Brava”
- French: “Brava”
- Galician: “Brava”
- German: “Brava”
- Greek: “Μπράβα”
- Gujarati: “બ્રાવા”
- Hausa: “Brava”
- Hindi: “ब्रावा”
- Indonesian: “Brava”
- Italian: “contea di Brava”
- Italian: “Contea di Brava”
- Japanese: “ブラーバ”
- Japanese: “ブラヴァ (カーボベルデ)”
- Japanese: “ブラヴァ”
- Japanese: “ブラヴァ基礎自治体”
- Javanese: “Brava”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರವ”
- Kazakh: “Брава”
- Kirghiz: “Брава”
- Korean: “브라바 시”
- Korean: “브라바시”
- Latvian: “Brava”
- Lithuanian: “Brava”
- Malay: “Brava”
- Marathi: “ब्रावा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brava”
- Oromo: “Brava”
- Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਾਵਾ”
- Persian: “براوا”
- Polish: “Brava”
- Portuguese: “Brava”
- Portuguese: “Concelho da brava”
- Portuguese: “Município da Brava”
- Pushto: “براوا”
- Russian: “Брава”
- Sinhala: “බ්රාවා”
- Slovenian: “Brava”
- Somali: “Brava”
- Spanish: “Brava (Cabo Verde)”
- Spanish: “Brava”
- Swahili: “Brava”
- Swedish: “Brava”
- Tajik: “Брава”
- Tamil: “பிறவா”
- Tatar: “Brava”
- Telugu: “బ్రావా”
- Thai: “บราวา”
- Turkish: “Brava”
- Ukrainian: “Брава”
- Urdu: “براوا، کیپ ورڈی”
- Urdu: “براوا”
- Uzbek: “Brava”
- Vietnamese: “Brava”
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