Ribeira da Barca

Ribeira da Barca
Ribeira da Barca
Settlement
	The cliff south of Ribeira da Barca
	Ribeira da Barca
	Coordinates: 15°08′17″N 23°45′32″W / 15.138°N 23.759°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Municipality	Santa Catarina
Civil parish	Santa Catarina
Population (2010)
• Total	2,317
ID	72144

Ribeira da Barca is a town^[2] in the municipality of Santa Catarina, on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 2,317. It is situated on the west coast, at the mouth of the stream Ribeira da Barca, 11 km northwest of Assomada. The settlement was mentioned as "Rivera das Baras" in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.^[3]

Notable people

António Mascarenhas Monteiro, former president of the Republic of Cabo Verde
Suzanna Lubrano, singer currently residing in Rotterdam in the Netherlands
Tcheka, musician

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
^ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).

External links

Media related to Ribeira da Barca at Wikimedia Commons

[census10-1] "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.

[yearbook-2] Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33

[3] Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).

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