Praia da Chave

Praia da Chave
Praia da Chave, its location is in the west of the island
Location	Western Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Coordinates	16°06′43″N 22°55′01″W / 16.112°N 22.917°W / 16.112; -22.917
Access	road
Beach length	10 km

Praia da Chave or Praia de Chaves is a beach in the western part of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. Its length is about 6 to 10 km long and is nearly crescent shaped. Nearby beaches is Praia de Cabral which is north of Sal Rei and Praia da Varandinha.

At the northern part of the beach, close to the town Rabil, tourist resorts have been developed and its length is approximately 1 km long, the northernmost is the urban outskirts of Sal Rei in which housing developments and hotels reached the beach's limit. Tourism continuing to soar, the hotel villa construction west of Rabil slowed as of 2016. One of them was built by Iberostar, the first in Cape Verde.

Streams flowing crossing the beach is the Ribeira do Rabil running south of the resorts.

Once the beach featured Cape Verde's major ceramic factory.

Praia de Chaves with its hotels and resorts

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The island of Boa Vista and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements	Bofarreira Cabeça dos Tarrafes Estância de Baixo Fundo das Figueiras João Galego Povoação Velha Rabil Sal Rei
Parishes	Santa Isabel São João Batista
Mountains	Monte Caçador and Pico Forcado Monte Estância Rocha Estância Morro Negro Monte Santo António Monte Vigia
Beaches	Praia de Atalanta Praia de Cabral Praia da Chave Ervatão Praia das Gatas Praia de Santa Mónica Praia da Varandinha
Other geographical features	Ilhéu do Baluarte Curral Velho Ilhéu de Curral Velho Espingueira Ilhéu dos Passaros Ribeira do Rabil Ilhéu de Sal Rei Ponta do Sol Tarales Ponta Varandinha Deserto de Viana
Features surrounding the island	João Valente Reef (20 nmi)

Coordinates: 16°06′43″N 22°55′01″W / 16.112°N 22.917°W / 16.112; -22.917