Ribeira Funda, Cape Verde

Ribeira Funda (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: "Ribéra Funda", São Vicente Crioulo: "Rbéra-" or "Rbeira Funda") is village in the northwestcentral part of the island of São Nicolau. It is part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava.

Geography

Ribeira Funda features farmlands in the valley areas and rarely in its slopes. The mountains covers the area and are mainly grasslands with a few trees.

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. This village is uninhabited and can only be accessed by foot or small vehicle via a steep set of cobbled switch backs that descend sharply from the village of Estancia Braz. Abandoned homes sit above a cliff over looking the ocean.

External links

*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=16.6833&longitude=-24.35&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=16.6833&lons1=-24.35&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=16.6833,24.35 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=16.6833&lon=-24.35&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=16.6833,-24.35&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=16.6833|-24.65&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coor dms|16|41|0|N|24|21|0|W|type:settlement_region:CV

ee also

*List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde