Caravela
Sign in to savethumb|right|Caravela's sandy beach thumb|right|Traditional houses in Caravela Caravela is the northernmost island of the Bissagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau, part of the Sector of Caravela, which also includes the islands Carache, Maio, Ponta and Formosa. The population of the sector is 4,263, the population of the island is 907 (2009 census). The area of the island is 128 km2, its length is 19.3 km and its maximum width is 10 km. The island is heavily forested with mangroves. It has white, sandy beaches. Caravela has a small airfield. The island Carache lies to its southeast.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Bijagós Islands
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Population
- 10510
- Area
- 128
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC−01:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Houses, Caravela island 25-03-2007.jpg
- Perimeter
- 56
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thumb|right|Caravela's sandy beach thumb|right|Traditional houses in Caravela Caravela is the northernmost island of the Bissagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau, part of the Sector of Caravela, which also includes the islands Carache, Maio, Ponta and Formosa. The population of the sector is 4,263, the population of the island is 907 (2009 census). The area of the island is 128 km2, its length is 19.3 km and its maximum width is 10 km. The island is heavily forested with mangroves. It has white, sandy beaches. Caravela has a small airfield. The island Carache lies to its southeast.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caravela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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