Juncalinho

Juncalinho (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: "Junkalinhu") is village in the northeastern part of the island of São Nicolau. It is part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava. It is linked with the road connecting Ribeira Brava and Carriçal

Nearest places

*Morro Bras, west
*Carriçal, southeast

Geography

Juncalinho features farmlands within the village and the shoreline, farmlands mainly consists of pastures, fruits and vegetables and other types, grasslands dominate the area and it contains a very few trees, its climate ranges from wet to dry in which is the driest portion of the island making it more sunnier than other parts of the island. The mountains dominate the area withs its mountaintops to the central part. The Atlantic Ocean is north of the village and around 4 km south.

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.

porting clubs

*FC Belo Horizonte

External links

*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=16.61667&longitude=-24.133&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=16.6667&lons1=-24.133&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=16.61667,24.133 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=16.61667&lon=-24.133&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=16.61667,-24.133&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=16.61667|-24.133&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|16|37|N|24|08|W|region:CV_type:city|display=title

ee also

*List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde