Fontona
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| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#d3d3d3"|Fontona
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| Island
: || Sal
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| Distance from the island capital: || about 5 km west of
Espargos
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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
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| Island
: || Sal
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| Distance from the island capital: || about 5 km west of
Espargos
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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
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| Island
: || Sal
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| Distance from the island capital: || about 5 km west of
Espargos||
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| Altitude:
Lowest:
Centre:
Highest ||
Atlantic Ocean
about 5 m
around 60 to 70 m
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Fontona (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC
or ALUPEK and the Sal Crioulo) is a village in the weswtern part of the island of Sal
. The village is about 4 km west of Espargos and around 1 km south of Palmeiras.
trees also dominates the coastline and takes up much of the region's vegetation. Farmlands are mainly composes of cattle and livestock as well as tropical fruits and rare vegetation, other fruits and vegetables and wheat are exported from other parts of Cape Verde that has a wetter climate.
The village is in the island's low class. Many houses are built with mud-brick and stone, the rest are concrete or sand with stone. All of its population are farmers and are based in agriculture. However, a part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances 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.
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| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#d3d3d3"|Fontona
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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
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| Island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
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Sal, Cape Verde
Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
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| Distance from the island capital: || about 5 km west of
Espargos
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| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#d3d3d3"|Fontona
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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
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Sal, Cape Verde
Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
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| Distance from the island capital: || about 5 km west of
Espargos
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| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#d3d3d3"|Fontona
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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
: || Sal
Sal, Cape Verde
Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
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| Distance from the island capital: || about 5 km west of
Espargos||
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Altitude:
Lowest:
Centre:
Highest ||
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
about 5 m
around 60 to 70 m
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Fontona (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC
ALUPEC
The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano , commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.- Description :...
or ALUPEK and the Sal Crioulo) is a village in the weswtern part of the island of Sal
Sal, Cape Verde
Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
. The village is about 4 km west of Espargos and around 1 km south of Palmeiras.
Geography and Information
Desert sands dominates the area around the village with hills by the coastline, vegetation are within the villages and the coastline, palmArecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
trees also dominates the coastline and takes up much of the region's vegetation. Farmlands are mainly composes of cattle and livestock as well as tropical fruits and rare vegetation, other fruits and vegetables and wheat are exported from other parts of Cape Verde that has a wetter climate.
The village is in the island's low class. Many houses are built with mud-brick and stone, the rest are concrete or sand with stone. All of its population are farmers and are based in agriculture. However, a part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances 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.