Local time Sunday 4:54 PM | ||
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Weather 21°C, Wind NE at 29 km/h, 64% Humidity Civil parish Santa Catarina, Cape Verde | ||
Boa Entrada is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km north of Assomada. The area is intensively cultivated, especially with sugarcane, with many mango trees. The road connecting nearly northeast to Calheta de São Miguel begins in Boa Entrada.
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Map of Boa Entrada, Cape Verde
Kapok tree
There is a very large kapok tree near the village of Boa Entrada, standing at the bottom of a valley, 400 m above sea level. It is the largest tree on Santiago and, probably, in the whole of the Republic of Cape Verde. The kapok tree is about 25 m high and was identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a colony of purple herons. In 2005 it was reported that the tree had died and no longer supported the heron colony.