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Furna is a seaside community in the northeastern part of the island of
Brava has a chapel known as Nossa Senhora de Boa Viagem. The new yellow school near the small church in the South of the village, which was paid by the government of Belgium, has large wall paintings motivating the children to save as much water as possible and to help keeping the island green.
Less than a kilometer northeast of Furna is the headland Ponta Jalunga with a lighthouse.
File:FurnaRuaPrincipal.jpg, Main Street.
Furna School Website
Escola da Furna Website (Portuguese)
{{Authority control Villages and settlements in Brava, Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde Ports and harbours of Cape Verde
Brava
Brava or La Brava may refer to:
Geography
*Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island
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*Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain
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, Cape Verde. It lies 2.5 km northeast of the island capital of Nova Sintra. At the 2010 census its population was 612.
About the village
The settlement was mentioned as ''Fuurno'' in the 1747 map byJacques-Nicolas Bellin
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes.
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of t ...
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Furna became the most important harbour of Brava in 1843. In 1982, many boats and some houses of Furna were destroyed by waves reaching a height of up to 10 meters which were caused by the tropical storm ''Beryl''. The harbour was improved in 2000. There are ferry connections to São Filipe in Fogo and Praia in Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...
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Brava has a chapel known as Nossa Senhora de Boa Viagem. The new yellow school near the small church in the South of the village, which was paid by the government of Belgium, has large wall paintings motivating the children to save as much water as possible and to help keeping the island green.
Less than a kilometer northeast of Furna is the headland Ponta Jalunga with a lighthouse.
Gallery
See also
*List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde
This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde:
Boa Vista
* Bofarreira
* Cabeça dos Tarrafes
* Curral Velho - abandoned settlement
* Espingueira - abandoned settlement
* Estância de Baixo
* Fundo das Figueiras
* João Ga ...
References
External links
Furna School Website
Escola da Furna Website (Portuguese)
{{Authority control Villages and settlements in Brava, Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde Ports and harbours of Cape Verde