Nova Sintra

Nova Sintra

Catholic Church
Coordinates: 14°52′16″N 24°41′46″W / 14.871°N 24.696°W / 14.871; -24.696Coordinates: 14°52′16″N 24°41′46″W / 14.871°N 24.696°W / 14.871; -24.696
Country Cape Verde
Island Brava
Municipality Brava
Civil parish São João Baptista
Population (2010)[1]
  Total 1,536

Nova Sintra is a town in the central part of the island of Brava in southwestern Cape Verde. It serves as the seat of the Brava Municipality. Its population is about 1,500. Its elevation is around 700 to 800 meters. Agriculture is the predominant source of income on Brava. Tourism is less developed, but there are a few small hotels and guest houses. Nova Sintra is linked with roads to the northern, the eastern, the southcentral and the western parts of the island as well as to the former airfield. The "aluguer" buses to the other villages start from Praça Eugénio Tavares.

300pxMonument of Eugénio Tavares.
Dragon tree opposite the bank.

The settlement is named after Sintra, the summer residence of the Portuguese kings. In the 18th and the 19th centuries, tourist visited during the summer months, nobles and colonial officials from the island of Santiago were staying.

The historic center is on the tentative list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site, it had been nominated in 2004, no date has been set.

Sights

Historical population

Year Population
1990 (Census) 1,890
2000 (Census) 1,930
2010 (Census) 1,536

Climate

Nova Sintra has a moderate tropical climate and is cooler than the low lying areas of the island. The average temperature is 13 to 23 °C (55–73 °F), the highest is 23.3 °C in September and the lowest is 13.6 °C in February. Average rainfall is 346 millimeters, the highest is 123 mm in September and the lowest is without a single precipitation between the months of April and June.

Climate data for Cachaço, south of Nova Sitra, 800 metres ASL
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7)
18.6
(65.5)
19.4
(66.9)
19.8
(67.6)
20.4
(68.7)
21.0
(69.8)
22.2
(72)
23.1
(73.6)
23.3
(73.9)
22.6
(72.7)
21.7
(71.1)
19.6
(67.3)
20.9
(69.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.2
(61.2)
16.1
(61)
16.6
(61.9)
16.9
(62.4)
17.6
(63.7)
18.4
(65.1)
19.4
(66.9)
20.5
(68.9)
20.8
(69.4)
20.4
(68.7)
19.1
(66.4)
17.4
(63.3)
18.3
(64.9)
Average low °C (°F) 13.8
(56.8)
13.6
(56.5)
13.8
(56.8)
14.1
(57.4)
14.9
(58.8)
15.8
(60.4)
16.7
(62.1)
17.9
(64.2)
18.4
(65.1)
18.2
(64.8)
16.5
(61.7)
15.2
(59.4)
16.9
(62.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 11
(0.43)
5
(0.2)
1
(0.04)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
17
(0.67)
83
(3.27)
123
(4.84)
53
(2.09)
33
(1.3)
20
(0.79)
346
(13.63)
Source: climate-data.org[2]

Sports

Museum.

Sports clubs includes Académica da Brava, Benfica and Sporting Clube da Brava which is based in the city but serves the whole island, another club is Nô Pintcha (not the same as the one in Mosteiros in the neighboring island) much of it plays football (soccer), all participates in the Brava Island League. Basketball, volleyball and futsal clubs are also in the town, other sports were once the least common in Cape Verde.

International relations

Nova Sintra is twinned with:

References

  1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. Climate-Data.org http://en.climate-data.org/location/789800/. Retrieved 28 December 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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