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| Island

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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| Municipality: || São Vicente
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| Parish: || Nossa Senhora da Luz
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| Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:||
16.9 (16°54") N
24.95 (24°57") W

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| Distance from the island capital: || about 7 km ENE of Mindelo
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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...

: || São Vicente

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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| Municipality: || São Vicente
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| Parish: || Nossa Senhora da Luz
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| Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:||
16.9 (16°54") N
24.95 (24°57") W

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| Distance from the island capital: || about 7 km ENE of Mindelo
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| Island

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...

: || São Vicente

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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| Municipality: || São Vicente
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| Parish: || Nossa Senhora da Luz
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| Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:||
16.9 (16°54") N
24.95 (24°57") W

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| Distance from the island capital: || about 7 km ENE of Mindelo||

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| Altitude:
Lowest:
Centre:
Highest ||
about 150 m

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Salamansa (also in Cape Verdean Creole), is a village located only 7 km ENE of the island capital 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...

 in the island of São Vicente

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...

, 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 off the main road linking Mindelo and Baía das Gatas

Baía das Gatas

Baía das Gatas is the name of a natural bay in the northeast of São Vicente Island in Cape Verde. It is located 10 km east of the city of Mindelo, the island's capital. Baía das Gatas is linked with a road that passes through the mountains with Mindelo to the west. There is yet no road to Calhau...

 and also serves a road to Cabo de João Evora

João Evora

João Evora is the island of São Vicente's northernmost point. The point is accessed with a rural and unused unearthened road that link with Salamansa and nearby Limeirão...

.

Geography

The area around Salamansa contains barren rocks with a few grasses. 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...

, the island's tallest mountain, is to the south.

Information

The living standards are similar to other rural areas of Cape Verde. A part of the population are fishers.

External links

• Salamansa on mindelo.info

External links

• Photo of Salamansa on ecaboverde.com
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