Santa Isabel (Boa Vista)

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Santa Isabel
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Santa Isabel parish church at Boa Vista
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Santa Isabel
Coordinates: 16°05′N22°52′W / 16.09°N 22.87°W / 16.09; -22.87
Country Cape Verde
Island Boa Vista
Municipality Boa Vista
Population
 (2010) [1]
  Total8,059
ID512

Santa Isabel (Portuguese meaning "Saint Elizabeth") is a freguesia (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the western part of the island of Boa Vista, and contains the island's capital Sal Rei. The freguesia consists of the following settlements:

It is also an eponymous parish church in the city of Sal Rei.

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References

  1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33

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