Achada Ponta

Achada Ponta
Achada Ponta
	Settlement
	Achada Ponta
	Coordinates: 15°06′16″N23°30′22″W / 15.1045°N 23.506°W Coordinates: 15°06′16″N23°30′22″W / 15.1045°N 23.506°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Municipality	Santa Cruz
Civil parish	Santiago Maior
Population (2010) [1]
• Total	403

Last updated March 06, 2019

Achada Ponta is a settlement in the eastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is located about 4-5 kilometers southeast from the municipal seat of Santa Cruz Pedra Badejo on a lesser branch road connecting with the Praia and Pedra Badejo with Tarrafal, the EN1-ST02. Also it is situated over 25 km north of Praia. Its 2010 population was 181. Achada Ponta sits north of Ribeira da Cumba and is next to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Description

The settlement is named after a plateau where a peak named Ponta da Achada is located, in the southeast.

Agriculture is the key economy of the area.

The settlement was first founded as Porto Madeira whose area around the port and the stream were forested when the settlement was founded. Today, it is forested again with the reforestation projects and dominates most of the area. The settlement and its port were mentioned as "Porto Madera" the 1747 French/Dutch map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin.^[2] Later the settlement changed its name to Achada Ponta after its nearby peak to the southeast. Another settlement named Porto Madeira would be south-southwest on the stream, that village seat is at Bolanha.

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References

↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
↑ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin; Pieter de Hondt (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).

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[census10-1] "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.

[2] Jacques-Nicolas Bellin; Pieter de Hondt (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).

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