São Pedro, Cape Verde
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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... (capital) |
| Municipality: | São Vicente |
| Parish: | Nossa Senhora das Luz (capital) |
| Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... : Lowest: Centre: Highest: |
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 1 m northern part (about 200 to 250 m) |
| Area/distance code: | 23x-xxxx |
São Pedro (Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
for Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
) is the small fishing town situated in the southwest of the island municipality 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 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. The GDP until the 2000s were low-class and the living standards used to be low as well.
The urban area has small houses and are also linked close to its beach with its fishing boats. The front of the houses within the streets and its doors are not linked with any roads but are rarely driven over, the northern part are linked with small streets, alleys and a major road. The area around are mainly grassy and bushy. A mountain connected with a small mountain range dominating the southern portion of the island is east of the village centre and has a row with a few homes built in the late-20th century, housing is slowly booming along with its population. The mountain ranges with Monte Cara
Monte Cara
Monte Cara is a small mountain in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde west of Mindelo as well as Porto Grande, the town of Lazareto lies in the eastern part. The mountain colors are dark brown to hazelnut. The mountain is rocky and deforested, filled with jagged cliffs and mountaintops with...
covers the northern and the western parts.
São Pedro has a large beach with sea turtles in the bay of the same name, the parrage of arid and majestic and constant winds turns into an internationally used beach where windsurfing
Windsurfing
Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a...
is popular.
São Pedro is the spot of the only modern hotel with small apartments named Foya Branca. 2 km west is the lighthouse named Farol de Dona Amélia.
Presently in 2005, the works on transforming the actual Airport, inaugurated in 1960 into an international airport with a middle course, proceeded with a construction with a modern terminal with about 11,000 m² with a capacity of about 500 passengers an hour. The runway which is about 1,500 m to 2,000 m in length of compromising with 45 m in length will be illuminated.
Other
São Pedro has a school, a middle school, churches, banks and a few squares praças. The nearest secondary school is in MindeloMindelo
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...
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