Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde

Ponta do Sol
Settlement
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Ponta do Sol
Coordinates: 17°12′07″N 25°05′35″W / 17.202°N 25.093°W / 17.202; -25.093
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santo Antão
Municipality	Ribeira Grande
Civil parish	Nossa Senhora do Livramento
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	2,143
Postal code	1120
ID	11202

Ponta do Sol (formerly: Vila Dona Maria Pia) is the northernmost city^[2] on the island of Santo Antão and Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, 4 km northwest of Ribeira Grande and 20 km north of the island capital Porto Novo. It is the seat of Ribeira Grande municipality.

Ponta do Sol is divided into the neighbourhoods Casinhas, Cavouquinho das Tintas, Chã de Cemitério, Chã de Ponta do Sol, Lombinho, Lombo da Cruz, Lombo de Paço, Os Órgãos, Ponta do Sol and Ribeira da Ponta do Sol.

Ponta do Sol takes its name from the nearby headland Ponta do Sol, the northernmost point of Cape Verde. The former name Vila Dona María Pia refers to Maria Pia of Savoy, queen of Portugal between 1862 and 1889. Urban development of Ponta do Sol started in the 1880s; before, it was a small fishing village.^[3]: 25 The church Nossa Senhora do Livramento was built in 1894.^{[3]: 37–38} There is a Jewish cemetery in the town.^{[3]: 52–53}

• Jorge Ferreira Chaves, Portuguese architect
• Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves, Portuguese worker

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