Estancia de Baixo
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| Estância de Baixo Stânsia di Báxu |
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| Island: | Santo Antão |
| Municipality: | Boa Vista |
| Distance from the island capital of Sal Rei: | about 45 to 50 km southeast |
| Altitude: Lowest: Centre: Highest |
Atlantic Ocean (north) around 5 to 10 m Monte Estância (northwest) |
Estância de Baixo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Stânsia di Báxu, São Vicente Stânça d' Baix') is a settlement in the southeastern part of the island of Boa Vista. The village is around 40 km southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei and about 20 km south of Norte and is linked with remote roads with linking to Curral Velha to the west and Norte to the north.
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[edit] Nearest places
- Curral Velho, west
- Norte, north
[edit] Geography
The village is situated in the dry desert climate and it receives little or no precipitation annually. Farmlands are nearly unavailable and are mainly of cattle and rarely some fruit productions and are nearly the size of the football field and its only has about tens of farms, many foodstuffs are received from the northern and the southern parts of the nation. The area are mainly desert and are covered with bushes within the coastline and are without vegetation and rocky elsewhere, its soil colour ranges from butterscotch to red, Monte Estancia is to the north, a plateau to the north and rocky cliffs to the eastern shoreline of the Atlantic with some low hills.
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The village is in the island's lowest 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. The area received no income until the mid to late-20th century and is the island's poorest settlement. 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 nearly unavailable in the area as well as phone lines but introduced since the late-20th century. A part of the necessities also comes from the island capital.
Its nearest school are in Norte to the northeast. The village also has a soccer field which features the village's only pro soccer team.
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[edit] See also
| The island of Boa Vista and the surrounding islands |
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