Rabil
{{Infobox Cape Verde settlement
| name = Rabil
| image_skyline = Praça em Rabil.jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|16.129|-22.887|type:adm1st_region:CV_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}
| key = 51204
| postal_code = 5110, 5111
| elevation = 37
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Rabil is a town[http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/statistical-yearbook-cv-2015_en.pdf Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015], Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. It was the island's former capital. Rabil is the island's second largest town, located {{convert|6|km}} southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei. Its population was 1,248 in 2010. The island's airport, Aristides Pereira International Airport, is situated northwest of the town.
Geography
File:Praia de Chavez PC120046 01.jpg
The river Ribeira do Rabil flows past the town. The wetlands around its mouth are an Important Bird Area.{{cite web|url=http://asemana.sapo.cv/spip.php?article46660&ak=1|title=Ribeira do Rabil no seu verde|trans-title=Ribeira do Rabil at its Greenest|newspaper=A Semana|language=pt|year=2008|accessdate=2 February 2017}} The beach Praia da Chave has been developed for tourism.
See also
References
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{{Boa Vista, Cape Verde}}