Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde

Settlement in Santo Antão, Cape Verde

Ponta do Sol

Settlement

View of Ponta do Sol

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.

Center of Ponta do SolThe fishing port of Ponta do Sol

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

## Historical population

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Year | Population

|

1990 (Census)[4] | 1,505
2010 (Census)[1] | 2,143

## Notable people

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

## See also

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* Africa portal

* Agostinho Neto Airport
* List of cities and towns in Cape Verde

## References

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1. ^ a b "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
2. ^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
3. ^ a b c Revitalização dos patrimónios arquitectónicos da cidade da Ponta do Sol, António Carlos Oliveira Lopes, 2012
4. ^ Cape Verde, www.citypopulation.de

## External links

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* Media related to Ponta do Sol (Cape Verde) at Wikimedia Commons

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Subdivisions of the island of Santo Antão

Paul|

| Santo António das Pombas|

* Cabo da Ribeira
* Eito
* Figueiral
* Janela
* Pico da Cruz
* Pombas

|

Porto Novo|

| Santo André|

* Alto Mira
* Monte Trigo
* Ribeira da Cruz

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São João Baptista|

* Bolona
* Lagoa
* Lajedo
* Lombo de Figueira
* Morro Vento
* Porto Novo
* Tarrafal de Monte Trigo

Ribeira Grande|

| Nossa Senhora do Livramento|

* Fontainhas
* Ponta do Sol

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Nossa Senhora do Rosário|

* Lombo Branco
* Ribeira Grande
* Sinagoga
* Xoxo

Santo Crucifixo|

* Chã de Pedras
* Coculi
* Corda
* Lombo Santa

São Pedro Apóstolo|

* Chã de Igreja
* Figueiras
* Garça de Cima
* Ribeira Alta

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