Povoação Velha
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For the town in the Azores, see Povoação
| Povoação Velha Povoason Bédja |
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| Island: | Boa Vista |
| Municipality: | Boa Vista |
| Distance from the island capital of Sal Rei: | about 35 km east |
| Altitude: Lowest: Centre: Highest |
Atlantic Ocean around 30 m around 250 m |
Povoação Velha (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Povoason Bédja, also in the Boa Vista and the São Vicente Crioulo: Povoação Bedja ) is a village in the southwestern part of the island of Boa Vista. The village is around 25 km southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei and around 16 km south of Rabil and it is linked with a remote road linking with Rabil and the island capital.
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[edit] Nearest places
- Rabil, north
- Santo Tirso, east?
[edit] Geography
The village is located in the least populate parts of the island, in which the southern part of 40% of the island is nearly over one person per km² in the area of three villages. 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 mostly desert, the area are mountainous around the area, the western part and the northeast where a mountain named Santo Antônio is located. The rest of the area are flat to the north and the southwestern part with no vegetation. Praia da Santa Mónica covers the southwestern shoreline that has approximately 5 km of sand and sand dunes that extend up to around 500 m to 1 km into the island with its average elevation of around 5 to 10 above sea level. The central part rises its plains up to nearly 50 to 70 m above sea level. Its soil colour ranges from yellow-brown to red, the mountains are also to the west.
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The village is in the island's low class. Most of the houses are built with stone and concrete, several houses are built with either steel reinforced concrete or with stone and wood, a few homes are made up of mud and brick. A part 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 unavailable in the area as well as phone lines. A part of the necessities also comes from the island capital.
[edit] See also
| The island of Boa Vista and the surrounding islands |
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