Campo Baixo, Cape Verde
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Campo Baixo is a small settlement located in the southwestern part of the island of Brava,
Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
. In English, the name of the village means 'low field'. Campo Baixo is situated in the mountains, southwest of Nossa Senhora do Monte and southwest of the island capital
Nova Sintra Nova Sintra is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 ...
. From Nossa Senhora do Monte, Campo Baixo is accessible by ''Aluguer'' buses. Near Campo Baixo, there is a small chapel on a hill that is shaped like a ship. The name ''Santa Maria'', referring to Christopher Columbus' ship, is painted on the ship. There are similar monuments and chapels in other places in Cape Verde as well, such as in Nova Sintra.Lipps, Susanne: ''Kapverdische Inseln'', S. 272. Ostfildern 2009.


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