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Sal

Island of Cape Verde

PlaceislandQ111989

Also known as Sal Island · Sal, Cape Verde

Country: Cape Verde
Located in: Sal
Area: 215 km²
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Elevation: 48 m
Population: 35,267(2018)
Located in/on physical feature: Cape Verde

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Sal is an island in Cape Verde. 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 (560 km) off the west coast of Africa. Cabo Verde is known for year-round kiteboarding, for the large reserve of Caretta turtles which hatch from July to September, and the music of Cesária Évora. Cabo Verde is now the world's largest nesting aggregation for this turtle species, and Sal has the second-largest rookery.

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Highest point: Monte Grande (Sal), Cape Verde
Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean
Discovered: December 3, 1460
Width: 12 km
Length: 30 km
Part of: Barlavento Islands
Capital: Espargos
Twinned administrative body: Haikou
Native label: Sal
Continent: Africa

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12 identifiers linking Sal across the web's reference databases

16.7372, -22.9361OpenStreetMap ↗

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