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{{Infobox Cape Verde settlement
| name       = Rabil
| image_skyline   = Praça em Rabil.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption   = 
| coordinates = {{coord|16.129|-22.887|type:adm1st_region:CV_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}
| key        = 51204
| postal_code = 5110, 5111
| elevation = 37
}}

'''Rabil  ''' is a [[town]]<ref name=yearbook>[http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/statistical-yearbook-cv-2015_en.pdf Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015], [[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde)|Instituto Nacional de Estatística]], p. 32-33</ref> on the island of [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|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, Cape Verde|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:Rabil Cape Verde.jpg|thumb|left|View of Rabil from the airport]]
[[File:Praia de Chavez PC120046 01.jpg|thumb|right|Praia de Chaves with its hotels and resorts in Rabil's west end]]
The river [[Ribeira do Rabil]] flows past the town. The wetlands around its mouth are an [[Ribeira do Rabil Important Bird Area|Important Bird Area]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The beach [[Praia da Chave]] has been developed for tourism. 

==See also==
*[[List of cities and towns in Cape Verde]]
*[[Tourism in Cape Verde]]

==References==
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{{Boa Vista, Cape Verde}}

[[Category:Geography of Boa Vista, Cape Verde]]
[[Category:Towns in Cape Verde]]