Ribeira da Barca
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Ribera da Barka


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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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Ribera da Barka


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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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Ribera da Barka


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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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Ribeira da Barca (Cape Verdean Creole, written in 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 :...

: Ribera da Barka), is a village located in the western part of the island of Santiago
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....

, 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...

, it is located northwest of the island capital of Praia and west of Assomada
Assomada
-Other:Assomada has an university , an extensive school complex, including a "Liceu" , and "Escola Primária"...

. The village is linked with the major road linking with to Assomada
Assomada
-Other:Assomada has an university , an extensive school complex, including a "Liceu" , and "Escola Primária"...

 and several remote roads.

Geography

The area around Ribeira da Barca are very rocky, bushy and grassy rocky mountains surround the town and a bay is to the west overlooking the Atlantic. Farmlands are within the coastline and the village. The farm size is very small and they are the size of the farm is only the equivalent to almost the basketball or a volleyball field.

Information

A part of the houses were built in the late-20th century, most of the older homes are built with mud and brick as well as stone. The living standards are in the low to 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, livestock and other crops including fruits and vegetables 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, the countryside rarely receive these necessities.

Information

Ribeira Da Barca offers panoramic views of its mountains on the west of the island, the island of Fogo
Fogo, Cape Verde
Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...

 can be seen.

Other

Ribeira da Barca has a school school, a middle school, churches and a square (praça or prasa). Its nearest secondary schools is in Assomada.
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