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Lazareto
Lazaret'

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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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São Vicente, Cape Verde

São Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.- Geography :The island is roughly rectangular in shape...

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São Vicente, Cape Verde

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| Distance from the island capital: || nearly 4 km WSW of Mindelo

Mindelo

For the parish in Portugal, see Mindelo, PortugalMindelo , is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality...

Island

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São Vicente, Cape Verde

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São Vicente, Cape Verde

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Mindelo

Island

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São Vicente, Cape Verde

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São Vicente, Cape Verde

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Mindelo

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Lazareto (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: Lazaretu, 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...

: Lazaret'), is a village located west-southwest of the island capital of Mindelo

Mindelo

in the island of Sao Vicente

São Vicente, Cape Verde

, 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...

. Lazareto contains around 1,000 to 2,000 people and is growing. The settlement is linked with the road linking east to Mindelo

Mindelo

, the eastern half of the island as well as to the island's airport and to São Pedro

São Pedro, Cape Verde

São Pedro is the small fishing town situated in the southwest of the island municipality of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The island's airport is just slightly to the northeast. It is located 7 km southwest of Mindelo, the island capital and is the soouthwesternmost point of the road...

Nearest Places

Mindelo
Mindelo
For the parish in Portugal, see Mindelo, PortugalMindelo , is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality...

, east-northeast (distance: 4 km)
São Pedro
São Pedro, Cape Verde
São Pedro is the small fishing town situated in the southwest of the island municipality of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The island's airport is just slightly to the northeast. It is located 7 km southwest of Mindelo, the island capital and is the soouthwesternmost point of the road...

, south (distance: about 5 km)

Geography

The area around Lazareto contains farmlands as well as forests and some grasslands to the east in the valley area. Barren land covers the area to the south and the west as well as Monte Cara the rock and boulder colors are dark brown and sandy soil covers within the coastline and extends up to as 25 to 30 m in elevation. The Bay of Mindelo is to the north. The residential area covers the area around Lazareto. Much of the houses were built in the late-20th century. The living standards are in the middle range as well as its income, one time, there were no money until the mid-20th century. The village is near the island's middle class. A part of the population are farmers and are based in agriculture where banana plantations, pineapple and other crops are common, the rest works in shops, ports and other businesses. Electricity as well as communications, other necessities and phone lines arrived between the mid to late 20th century.

Information

Lazareto offers a view of the eastern and the central portions of the island of Santo Antão as well as the urban area of Mindelo and its harbour, even its surrounding mountains and the small island off the coast of Mindelo. Parts of Monte Cara and the western portion can be seen but the entire valley can be viewed. A part of the central, the eastern and the southern portions of the island can be seen as well as Monte Verde

Monte Verde, Cape Verde

Monte Verde is the tallest mountain in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The mountain is located east of the city of Mindelo, the island's main city...

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