Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde

Ribeira Grande
Ribeira Grande
Settlement
	View of Ribeira Grande town and stream
	Ribeira Grande
	Coordinates: 17°10′59″N 25°03′54″W / 17.183°N 25.065°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santo Antão
Municipality	Ribeira Grande
Civil parish	Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,564
Postal code	1110
ID	11107

Ribeira Grande (also: Povoação) is the largest town of the Ribeira Grande Municipality on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It has become a city in 2010.^[2] In 2010 its population was 2,564. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island, near the outflow of the river Ribeira Grande and its tributary Ribeira da Torre into the Atlantic Ocean. Neighborhoods include Tarrafal, Rua de Agua, Rua d'Horta and Penha de França.

Cove of Ribeira Grande in the mid 19th century

History

Although the island was already discovered in 1462, the first evidence of settlement dates from 1548. The main settlement was Ribeira Grande, which became the seat of the municipality of Santo Antão in 1732.^[3]

Its earlier buildings are built with Portuguese colonial architecture. The church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário is the parish church.

Notable people includes chemist Roberto Duarte Silva, poet Manuel de Novas, and José Luís Jesus, former foreign minister and president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Demographics

Year	Population
1990	2,550
2005	2,950
2010	2,564^[4]

References

^ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
^ Evolução histórica do concelho do Porto Novo, Andreza Costa Dias, 2006, p. 8-12
^ "2010 Census results" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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