Terra Boa, Cape Verde

Terra Boa (Portuguese meaning the " land", also in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK, also in the Sal Crioulo) is a remote village in the northcentral part of the island of Sal. The area overlooks Ponta Norte, the island's northernmost point, and features a lighthouse. The village is about 4 km north of Espargos and has a road linking to the island capital as well as remote roads to the north of the island including Monte Grande and the western and eastern parts of the island.

Nearest places

*Reguinho Fiúra, northeast
*Espargos south
*Hortelão, south
*Preguiça, south

Geography

Terra Boa is famous for having its agriculture in its large scale and the others mentioned above, are very dry, mainly because they have no mountains to induce rainfall. The northern portions of the area are desert and vegetation are rare and are mainly composes of bush. It features fruit and vegetable crops as well as cattle farms. The rest of the Terra Boa covers the northern portion of the island. The mountain lies to the northwest, Monte Grande to the northeast and another in the east, the remainder of the region are flat, the Atlantic Ocean lies to the west and features an unused beach.

Information

Most of the houses are built with mud-brick and stone, the rest are concrete or sand with stone and some houses are built with brick and steel reinforced concrete. The area is in the island's low class. A part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications, appliances and street lights 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.

Panorama

The village offers a view of its nearby mountains as well as the northern half of the island and the urban town of Espargos to the south with its small hills.