Santo Crucifixo

Santo Crucifixo
Santo Crucifixo
	Civil parish
	Santo Crucifixo
	Coordinates: 17°08′N25°07′W / 17.13°N 25.12°W Coordinates: 17°08′N25°07′W / 17.13°N 25.12°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santo Antão
Municipality	Ribeira Grande
Population (2010) [1]
• Total	6,764

Last updated February 20, 2019

Santo Crucifixo is a freguesia (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the southern part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande, on the island of Santo Antão. The seat of the parish is Coculi. The parish covers much of the Ribeira Grande valley.

The territory of Cape Verde is divided into 22 concelhos (municipalities), and subdivided into 32 freguesias.

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles. In ancient times these islands were referred to as "the Islands of the Blessed" or the "Fortunate Isles". Located 570 kilometres (350 mi) west of the Cape Verde Peninsula off the coast of Northwest Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).

Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality) Municipality in Santo Antão, Cape Verde

Ribeira Grande is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, it covers one fifth of the island area, and is home to nearly half of its population. Its seat is the city Ponta do Sol.

Settlements

The freguesia consists of the following settlements (population at the 2010 census):

Boca de Ambas Ribeiras (pop: 155)
Boca de Coruja (pop: 504)
Boca de João Afonso (pop: 166)
Caibros (pop: 685)
Chã de Pedras (pop: 1,266)
Coculi (pop: 901, town)^[2]
Corda (pop: 833)
Figueiral (pop: 736)
João Afonso (pop: 603)
Lagoa (pop: 181)
Lombo Santa (pop: 298)
Ribeirão (pop: 436)

Chã de Pedras is a settlement in the northcentral part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 1,266. It is situated about 5 km south of Coculi, 8 km southeast of the city Ribeira Grande and 12 km northwest of the island capital Porto Novo. It consists of 21 localities in the valley of the Ribeira de Chã de Pedras, a right tributary of the Ribeira Grande. The elevation of the largest village, Pia de Cima, is about 430 metres.

Coculi is a town in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated on the river Ribeira Grande, 4 km southwest of the town Ribeira Grande and 17 km north of the island capital Porto Novo. About 400 meters to its west is the confluence of Ribeira de Chã das Pedras.

Corda is a settlement in the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality Ribeira Grande. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island at about 1,000 meters elevation, 13 km north of the island capital Porto Novo. It consists of several villages, including Chã de Corda and Esponjeiro. The national road from Porto Novo to Ribeira Grande (EN1-SA01) passes through Corda. The crater of Cova lies 4 km to the southeast. Corda lies in the Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park.

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References

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

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[census10-1] "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.

[yearbook-2] Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33