Figueira da Naus
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Figéra da Naus


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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

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Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....


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Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....


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Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....


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Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...


about 100 m
Serra da Malagueta
Serra da Malagueta
Serra da Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern portion of the island of Santiago.Much of the mountains are grassy and rocky but they contain some forests in the area as well as grasslands to the west, the south and the east.-Panorama:...

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Figueira da Naus (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC
ALUPEC
The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano , commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.- Description :...

 or ALUPEK: Figéra da Naus, São Vicente
São Vicente Crioulo language
São Vicente Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the São Vicente Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento Creoles branch. This form of the Cape Verdean Creole has about 80,000 to 100,000 speakers primarily in the São Vicente island, but also in a...

: Fgéra da Naus) is a village and a stream situated at the east of Santiago Island
Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....

 in Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

. The village is linked with the a rural road and is approximately 70 to 80 km away from the capital.

Geography

The area around Figueira da Naus made up of farmlands with some forests around the village and the coastline. Crops, groves and pastures covers the area. The rest of the area are made up of barren rocks with grasslands and bushes and the mountains dominates the east especially the Serra da Malagueta
Serra da Malagueta
Serra da Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern portion of the island of Santiago.Much of the mountains are grassy and rocky but they contain some forests in the area as well as grasslands to the west, the south and the east.-Panorama:...

 to the southeast.

Information

Many houses were built in the late-20th century, almost every homes are built with mud and brick as well as stone which was common until the mid-20th century, a small fraction uses steel reinforced concrete. The living standards are around the low to middle range as well as its income, one time, there were no money until the mid-20th century. The village is in the island's low to middle to upper class. Much of the population are farmers and are based in agriculture where banana plantations, pineapple, livestock and other crops including fruits and vegetables are common, the rest works in shops, ports and other businesses including its ports, services and markets, the remainder are fishers. Electricity as well as communications, other necessities and phone lines were introduced and serves many houses since the mid-20th century and serves much of the population.

Panorama

The panorama includes the mountains of the central and the northern portions the island and part of the area can see the Serra da Malagueta
Serra da Malagueta
Serra da Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern portion of the island of Santiago.Much of the mountains are grassy and rocky but they contain some forests in the area as well as grasslands to the west, the south and the east.-Panorama:...

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