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: Island
  • Description: island of Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Dja d’Sal”, “Ilha di Sal”, “Isola del Sale”, “Isola Sal”, “Lhana”, “Llana”, “Sal Island”, “Sal, Cape Verde”, “Salio savivaldybė”, “SalKaapverdie”, and “サル自治体”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Estádio Marcelo Leitão.

Aerodrome
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, also known…

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

Volcano
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is a hill in the city of , on the island of Sal, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Espargos and Terra Boa.

Town
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is the capital and main commercial centre…

Locality
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is a remote village in the northern part of the island of Sal, .

Sal

Latitude
16.7518° or 16° 45′ 6″ north
Longitude
-22.9363° or 22° 56′ 11″ west
Population
35,300
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
IATA airport code
SID
UN/LOCODE
CV SID
Open location code
798VQ327+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6149548440
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3374248
Wiki­data ID
Q111989
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wolof—“Sal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سال، الرأس الأخضر”
  • Arabic: “سال”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Сал”
  • Belarusian: “Сал”
  • Breton: “Sal”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Sal”
  • Catalan: “Sal”
  • Cebuano: “Sal Island”
  • Chinese: “萨尔岛”
  • Chinese: “薩爾島”
  • Czech: “Sal”
  • Danish: “Sal”
  • Dutch: “Sal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سال”
  • Estonian: “Sali saar”
  • Finnish: “Sal”
  • French: “Île de Sal”
  • French: “Sal”
  • Galician: “Illa do Sal, Cabo Verde”
  • German: “Sal Insel”
  • German: “Sal”
  • Greek: “Νησί Σαλ”
  • Greek: “Σαλ”
  • Hebrew: “סאל”
  • Hindi: “साल, केप वर्दे”
  • Hindi: “साल”
  • Hungarian: “Sal”
  • Indonesian: “Sal, Tanjung Verde”
  • Italian: “Ilha do Sal”
  • Italian: “Insula de Sal”
  • Japanese: “サル島”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Sal”
  • Korean: “살섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Salio sala”
  • Low German: “Sal”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sal”
  • Minangkabau: “Sal, Tanjuang Verde”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sal (Kapwerden)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sal i Kapp Verde”
  • Norwegian: “Sal”
  • Persian: “سال، کیپ ورد”
  • Persian: “سال”
  • Polish: “Sal”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Sal”
  • Portuguese: “Sal”
  • Russian: “Сал”
  • Slovenian: “Sal”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Sal”
  • Spanish: “Sal”
  • Swahili: “Sal (Cabo Verde)”
  • Swahili: “Sal”
  • Swedish: “Sal, Kap Verde”
  • Thai: “เกาะซัล”
  • Ukrainian: “Сал”
  • Urdu: “سال، کیپ ورڈی”
  • Vietnamese: “Sal, Cabo Verde”
  • Western Frisian: “Sal”
  • Wolof: “Sal”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bairro Novo II and Bairro Novo I.

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