Sal Island SuperCup

The Sal Island SuperCup (Portuguese: SuperCopa da Ilha do Sal, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: SuperKopa da Idja du Sal, Sal Crioulo: Super Taça Dja d'Sal São Vicente Crioulo: SuperKopa da Ilha d' Sal) is a SuperCup competition played during the season in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The regional winner competes with the cup winner. The first super cup competition began in 2000.

Winners

Performance By Club

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See also

Sal, Cape Verde

Sal (Portuguese for “salt” — from the mines at Pedra de Lume) is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento ("windwards"), and comprises a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.

History

The island was discovered on December 3, 1460 and named Llana until salt deposits were found. Sal is the geologically oldest island in Cape Verde, formed 50 million years ago during the eruption of a volcano which is now inactive.

Geography

The island is 35 km long by 12 km wide. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands (Sal, Boa Vista and Maio) of the archipelago, with white sandy beaches and fairly flat. The highest elevation of 408 m is at Monte Grande. Serra Negra has a height of 92 m.

Climate

Sal Island has on average 350 days of sunshine a year. Winds mainly blow from the northeast. However,some days do also have clouds, but they tend to be scattered and seldom bring rain. The 'rainy season' is from July to mid-October, although rainfall is still low.