Rabil is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 on the island of Boa Vista,

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

. It was the island's former capital. Rabil is the island's second largest town, located southeast of the island capital of

Sal Rei Sal Rei is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015

. Its population was 1,248 in 2010. The island's airport, Aristides Pereira International Airport, is situated northwest of the town.

Geography

The river

Ribeira do Rabil Ribeira do Rabil is a seasonal stream in the central and western part of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. It is 27 km long, and its basin area is .

flows past the town. The wetlands around its mouth are an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

. The beach Praia da Chave has been developed for tourism.

References

{{Boa Vista, Cape Verde Geography of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Towns in Cape Verde

Geography

See also

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