thumb|right|Santa Maria beach There has been a cooperation project between Rotselaar and Sal, one of the islands in the archipelago of Cape Verde. The island is around 30 km long by 15 km wide, and has roughly the same number of inhabitants as Rotselaar. Sal has 4 habitational centres: Espargos with the main urban and administrative centre and the international airport of Cape Verde, Santa Maria, where tourism and hotels are situated, Pedra de Lume, once the site of salt collection (hence the name of the island, "sal" is Portuguese for "salt"), and Palmeira, a fishing village with a port.
thumb|right|,Santa Maria beach There has been a cooperation project between Rotselaar and Sal, one of the islands in the archipelago of Cape Verde. The island is around 30 km long by 15 km wide, and has roughly the same number of inhabitants as Rotselaar. Sal has 4 habitational centres Espargos with the main urban and administrative centre and the international airport of Cape Verde, Santa Maria where tourism and hotels are situated, Pedra ,de Lume, once the site of salt collection (hence the name of the island, "sal" is Portuguese for "salt") and Palmeira a fishing village with a port.