What is Brava, Cape Verde?
{{Infobox islands | name = Brava | image_name = Bela-vista-net-Brava-map.jpg | image_caption = | image_size = | map_image = Locator map of Brava, Cape Verde.png | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[Atlantic Ocean]] | pushpin_map = Cape Verde | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|14|52|N|24|42|W||display=it}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 62.51 | length_km = 10.5 | width_km = 9.3 | highest_mount = [[Monte Fontainhas]] | elevation_m = 976 | country = {{CPV}} | country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality | country_admin_divisions = Brava | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_largest_city = [[Nova Sintra]] | country_largest_city_population = | population = 5,698 | population_as_of = 2015 | density_km2 = 91.2 | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} '''Brava''' is an [[island]] in [[Cape Verde]]. It is in the [[Sotavento Islands|Sotavento]] group. It is the smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde [[archipelago]]. For more than a century, its main industry was [[whaling]]. Now it is primarily [[agricultural]]. ==History== Brava was discovered in 1462 by the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] explorer [[Diogo Afonso]].<ref name=gomes>[http://hdl.handle.net/11328/594 Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia], Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 97</ref> Around 1620 the population of Brava started with the arrival of settlers from [[Madeira]] and the [[Azores]].<ref name=unesco>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6099 Centre historique de Nova Sintra], UNESCO {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==Geog