Bafureira

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Bafureira
Bafuréra
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Island: Santo Antão
Municipality: Boa Vista
Distance from the island capital of Sal Rei:
about 20 km ENE
Altitude:
Lowest:
Centre:
Highest
Atlantic Ocean (north)
around 50 m

around 150 to 200 m
Postal code: 9xx-xxx
Area code: -
Name of inhabitants: Bafureirense sing.
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Bafureira or Bofareira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Bafuréra or Bofaréra, also in the São Vicente) is a village in the northern part of the island of Boa Vista. The village is around 20 km east-northeast of the island capital of Sal Rei and about 15 km northwest of Norte and is linked with the road with to João Galego and the road linking Sal Rei and Norte, the steep mountains makes it difficult to access the Alto Mira and boats mainy does not use to that area.

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The village is situated in the dry desert climate and it receives little or no precipitation annually. Farmlands are mainly of cattle and rarely some fruits and are nearly the size of the football field, many foodstuffs are received from the northern and the southern parts of the nation. The scorching Deserto da Viana, a flat desert dominates the southwestern portion, mountains to the south, the valley in the central portion, small mountains and hills to the north and the Atlantic Ocean further north

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The village is in the island's low class. Most of the houses are either built with mud and brick or stone and concrete, several houses are built with either steel reinforced concrete or with stone and wood. All of its population are farmers and are based in agriculture. Some farms are in the form of paddies and stone walls. However, a part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances are partially available in the area as well as phone lines since the late-20th century. A part of the necessities also comes from the island capital.

[edit] See also

The island of Boa Vista and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements
Bafureira | Cabeço do Tarafes | Curral Velho | Ervatão | Estancia de Baixo | Funda das Figueiras | Gata | João Barreiro | João Galego | Norte | Povoação Velha | Santo Tirso
Parishes
Santa Isabel | São João Baptista
Mountains
Estancia Baixo | Monte de Santo Antônio | Vigia
Other geographical features
Morre Negro | Praia da Chave | Praia das Gatas | Ponta do Sol | Ilhéu de Sal-Rei | Cabo de Santa Maria | Praia de Santa Mónica | Varandinha (point) | Deserto de Viana | Vigia


Coordinates: 16°11′N, 22°50′W