Brava Municipality

Brava is an in , 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.
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  • 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.

Island
Photo: TxetxeCV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an in , 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.

Volcano
Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a volcanic mountain in the middle of island in . At 976 m elevation, it is the highest point of the island. Rock types are made up of phonolite and ignimbrite.

Pitch
Estádio Aquiles de Olveira, also as Aquilo de Oliveira is a multi-use stadium in on the island of . 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.

Town
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is a city in the central part of the island of in southwestern . It serves as the seat of the . The settlement is named after , the summer residence of the Portuguese kings.

Town
Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a seaside community in the northeastern part of the island of , . It lies 2.5 km northeast of the island capital of . At the 2010 census its population was 612.

Village
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is a small settlement located in the southwestern part of the island of , . In English, the name of the village means 'low field'.

Brava Municipality

Latitude
14.8667° or 14° 52′ north
Longitude
-24.7° or 24° 42′ west
Population
6,620
Elevation
634 metres (2,080 feet)
Open location code
796QV882+M2
Geo­Names ID
3374832
Wiki­data ID
Q2571624
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Satellite Map

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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: “เทศบาลบราวา”
  • Turkish: “Brava”
  • Ukrainian: “Брава”
  • Urdu: “براوا، کیپ ورڈی”
  • Urdu: “براوا”
  • Uzbek: “Brava”
  • Vietnamese: “Brava”

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