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67 unusual facts about Cape Verde


Achada, Santiago, Cape Verde

The village is linked with the road linking Praia and Tarrafal which is approximately 40 km away from the capital.

Agriculture in Cape Verde

Only the islands of São Tiago, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Fogo and Santo Antão have conditions suitable for raising cash crops.

Anilton César Varela Silva

Anilton César Varela Silva (born 25 February 1989 in Tarrafal, Cape Verde), commonly known as Anilton, is a Portuguese futsal player who plays for Fundão as a Winger.

Atalaia, Cape Verde

Atalaia (also in Cape Verdean Creole), is a village located approximately 20 km northeast of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Mosteiros on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Bangaeira

Bangaeira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Bangaéra), is a village located approximately 30 km northeast of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southeast of Mosteiros and is on Fogo in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, it is the second highest village in Cape Verde.

Boca da Lapa

The area offers a panoramic view of the southeastern part of the plain but it is blocked by its nearest mountains and Viana, it offers a view of the island of Santa Luzia.

Cachoeiras

Cachoeiras, Cape Verde, a settlement near São Jorge and Santa Ana or João Vareia

Campanas

Campanas is linked with another road linking to Coxo as well as the rest of the island capital and rarely connects with Mosteiros to the northeast.

Cape Verde-type hurricane

Twenty nations took part in the GATE research project in 1974, where Douglas DC-6 aircraft examined tropical waves which spawn Cape Verde hurricanes.

Cape Verdean

For information about the Cape Verdean people, see Demographics of Cape Verde and Culture of Cape Verde.

Carlos Andrade

Carlos Eduardo Fernandes Vieira de Andrade (born April 27, 1978, Sal, Cape Verde) is a Portuguese basketball player.

Carriçal

Carriçal is linked with the remote road linking Juncalinho to the rest of the island, and is the easternmost village on the main road linking Ribeira Brava and Carriçal.

Chã de Igreja

The village is around 40 km WSW of Ribeira Grande and is linked with the road with Cruzinha and Ribeira Grande and the rest of the island, the steep mountains makes it difficult to access the Alto Mira and boats mainy does not use to that area.

Coxo

Coxo is linked with the road encircling the island and to São Filipe and to Mosteiros.

Deserto de Viana

The road linking Sal Rei and Norte crosses the southern half of the desert and is partially paved.

Fajãzinha

There is also in Cape Verde, see Fajãzinha, Cape Verde

Fajãzinha, Cape Verde

Fajãzinha (also in Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo)), is a village located approximately 30 km northeast of the island capital of Sao Filipe, east of Mosteiros and north of Cova Figueira in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde and is one of the northernmost places on the island, Fajãzinha are linked with the road encircling the island.

Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol

Unlike other leagues throughout the world in which is the second, third and fourth, the lowest is mainly the second division or secondary leagues and are split into ten leagues of which are played in the nine main islands, Santiago and Santo Antão is split into two, the North Zone and the South Zone, the tenth main island of Santa Luzia is uninhabited.

Formiguinhas

Formiguinhas is linked with the road linking to Ribeira Grande and the rest of the island including the island capital of Porto Novo.

Grammy Award for Best World Music Album

Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora and the group Gipsy Kings share the record for the most nominations, with five each (neither won an award).

Hortelão

Hortelão, a settlement in the parish of Nossa Senhora das Dores in the island of Sal

Ildo Lobo

Lobo was born on the island of Sal in the town of Pedra de Lume, where he worked alongside his family in the local salt mines during his youth.

Ilhéu de Sal-Rei

The islet can definitely be seen from the western part of Boa Vista including the Praia da Chave and the town of Sal Rei, it cannot be seen from Rabil since a part of the area blocks its view, the islet can also be seen from a mountain to the south of the island.

Janela, Cape Verde

The valley of the Ribeira da Janela is nearly 1 km northwest of the village, it neighbors the valley of the Ribeira do Paúl to the northwest and features palm trees in the middle.

Janela is linked with the road linking to Paul and the rest of the island including the island capital of Porto Novo and Ribeira Grande, the road linking directly through the island's easternmost point is treacherous and is accessed only with 4WD or SUV vehicles as well as bikes.

Laginha

Laginha (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Lajinha, also in the São Vicente Crioulo) is a beach and a neighbourhood located about 2 km north of the downtown area of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde.

Miguel Dias

Miguel Brito dos Reis Dias (born April 1, 1968 in Santa Maria) is a retired boxer from The Netherlands, who was born on Cape Verde.

Monte Gordo

Monte Gordo, the tallest mountain on the island of São Nicolau

Monte Grande, Cape Verde

Monte Grande (Portuguese meaning large mountain, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Monti Grandi), is a village located approximately six kilometers east of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Mosteiros in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Montona

The area offers a panoramic view of most of the western and the central portions of the island and features the Mindelo area, Monte Cara and Monte Verde.

Norte

Norte, Cape Verde, a village in the east-northeastern part of the island of Boa Vista

Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Cape Verde

Nossa Senhora do Livramento (first part, Portuguese meaning Our Lady) is a parish that covers a part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the island of Santo Antão in southern Cape Verde.

Operation Displace

The fourth round of talks began on 22 July 1988 in Sal, Cape Verde.

Oxymeris fatua

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Ponta do Leme Velho

The point is situated about 1 km east of the town of Santa Maria and less than 1 km from the urban sprawl, it is also linked with a countryside road that is almost entirely unused.

Ponta Preta

Ponta Preta, a point in the northwestern part of the island of Sal Island

Ponta Rincão

The village is linked with the road linking to the Boa Entrada as well as the Tarrafal-Assomada Road.

Ponta Verde, Cape Verde

Ponta Verdi (Portuguese meaning "Green Point" Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Punta Verdi or -Berdi, Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo): Ponta Verdi), is a village located approximately 12 km east north of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Mosteiros in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Praia das Gatas

Its total length is approximately 10 km and it extends from the area east of Norte to the island's northeasternmost point.

Praia Grande, Cape Verde

Only one remote road which offers a poor access between Topim and Baía das Gatas.

Preguiça

Preguiça (Sal), Cape Verde, a village in the north-central part of the island of Sal, Cape Verde

Preguiça (São Nicolau), Cape Verde, a village of the parish of Nossa Senhora das Dores in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde

Principal, Cape Verde

Principal (Portuguese, meaning principal; Capeverdean Crioulo: Prinsipal), is a village located in the north central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, it is located north-northwest of the island capital of Praia and southeast of Tarrafal.

Relva, Cape Verde

Relva (also in Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo)), is a village located approximately 40 km east of the island capital of Sao Filipe, southeast of Mosteiros and north of Cova Figueira in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Ribeira Brava

Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde, a municipality on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde

Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde

Ribeira Brava is linked with roads to Tarrafal de São Nicolau on the southwestern part of the island, south to its nearest port Campo and to the eastern half of the island as well.

Ribeira da Garça

Around halfway to the stream and up to Chã da Igreja is the main road of Cruzinha - Ribeira Grande that lies with the west side of the stream The river finally empties into the Atlantic that are surrounded by a cliffy coastline and is near a beach area located west of Cruzinha.

Ribeira Grande

Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a municipality and its municipal seat on the island of Santo Antão

Ribeira Ilhéu

Ribeira Ilhéu (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: Ribera Djeu), is a village located approximately 15 km northeast of the island capital of Sao Filipe and west of Mosteiros on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares

He was elected to the National Assembly from São Vicente under the Movement for Democracy in the 2006 parliamentary election.

Salto, Cape Verde

Salto (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Saltu), is a village located approximately 15 km southeast of the island capital of Sao Filipe and south of Mosteiros in the southern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Santo Amaro Abade

Santo Amaro Abade is a parish in the municipality of Tarrafal in the island of Santiago in southern Cape Verde.

Santo Antão

Santo Antão, Cape Verde, the northwesternmost island in Cape Verde archipelago

Santo António, Fogo, Cape Verde

São Antonio (Portuguese meaning "Saint Anthony", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Santu Antóniu and Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo): Sãu Antóniu), is a village located approximately 5 km north of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Mosteiros in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Santo Crucifixo

Santo Crucifixo is a parish that covers a part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the island of Santo Antão in southern Cape Verde.

São Filipe, Cape Verde

São Filipe (Portuguese for "Saint Philip"), or San Filipi in Cape Verdean Creole, is the city that constitutes the seat of the São Filipe Municipality on the isle of Fogo, in Cape Verde.

The view point Miradouro da Bila Baxo in the northern part of the place offers a beautiful view of the beach and the neighbouring island of Brava.

The city offers a view of the neighboring island of Brava to the southwest.

São Jorge, Cape Verde

Mosteiros, northeast, the second largest town of the island.

São Lourenço FC

The team is based in the town of Assomada in the southeastern part of the island of São Lourenço in which is also the island's second largest community.

Seixal

Seixal, Cape Verde, a village in the municipality of São Vicente, island of São Vicente

Serra Negra, Cape Verde

The mountain's elevation is only around 96 m and offers a panoramic views of much of the island including several villages as well as Espargos, its airport and Santa Maria.

Sinagoga

Sinagoga is linked with the LBRA1 which runs almost entirely by the cliffs near the Atlantic and connects with Paúl along with Janela and Ponta do Sol.

Toni Varela

Toni Santos Varela Monteiro (born 13 June 1986 in Santa Catarina, Cape Verde), simply known as Toni Varela, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Levadiakos in the Superleague Greece.

Vila do Maio

The city is still (colloquially) known by its old name, Porto Inglês (Portuguese for "English port" in which was founded, Cape Verdean Creole: Port’ Inglês), in opposition of the older Porto Português (present day Calheta).

Zaranha Beach

Zaranha Beach (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo forms of ALUPEC or ALUPEK, the Santo Antão and the São Vicente Crioulos: Praia de Santa Mónica) is a point beach covering the northern coastline of the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde.

The area around are hilly and are filled with grasslands and bushy, its landscape is hilly green, it is accessible from remote roads linking with the Cruzinha-Ribeira Grande Road.


1700 in piracy

July 18 - In the Cape Verde islands, Emanuel Wynn's pirate ship engages and escapes HMS Poole under Capt. John Cranby; this is the first recorded piratical use of the skull and crossbones flag.

1853 Atlantic hurricane season

Meteorologist William C. Redfield first observed the season's third tropical storm south of Cape Verde on August 30, which was the first Cape Verde-type hurricane ever recorded.

Academico 83

It is based in the city of Porto Inglês, island of Maio, Cape Verde.

Achadinha de Baixo

Achadinha do Baixo (from Achada and -inha meaning little, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Axtadinha du Baxu) is a village and a stream situated near the central part of Santiago Island in Cape Verde.

Callinectes marginatus

Although the name Callinectes marginatus was used by Mary Rathbun and others to also cover animals now referred to the species C. larvatus and C. diacanthus, C. marginatus is now used only for a species found from the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.

Don Kikas

2005 saw Kikas in a new career phase as he managed to round up high profile musicians to record Viagem, a double-album in that presents a diverse range of styles from kizomba and zouk to the more traditional kazukuta and kilapanga and features singers such as Cape Verde's Tito Paris and Johnny Ramos as well as countryfellows Bonga and Deusa.

Eccopsis praecedens

It is found in western, central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of São Tomé, Cape Verde, Madagascar and Réunion.

Fernando Quejas

Fernando Quejas (1922 in Cape VerdeOctober 28, 2005 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a singer and a songwriter of Cape Verde.

Fonte Aleixo

Fonte Aleixo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Fonti Alexu), is a village located approximately 20 km east of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Cova Figueira on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

GD Amarantes

Grêmio Desportivo Amarantes (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: GD Amarantis, São Vicente: GD Amarantes) is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the São Vicente Island League in Cape Verde.

Gei Zantzinger

He directed and produced films about the musics of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Lesotho, South Africa, and Brittany.

Ilhéu de Sal-Rei

Ilhéu de Sal Rei (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: Djeu d Sal Rei) is an islet located 1 km west of Sal Rei and nearly 1 km southwest of its nearest point of Boa Vista Island (which includes Praia de Chaves) in Cape Verde.

January 2006 in Africa

January 22: Cape Verde, Parliamentary

Leucosyrinx verrillii

This species is found in European waters along the British Isles and the Bay of Biscay, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Cape Verde, Morocco; from North Carolina to Brazil, in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

Linatella caudata

This species is distributed in European waters, the Western Atlantic, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

Mahoganies at Banana, Ribeira Montanha

The Mahoganies at Banana, Ribeira Montanha, comprise two African mahogany trees on the island of Santiago in the Cape Verde archipelago, lying 600 km off the coast of north-west Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.

Mailó

Mailó da Graça da Cruz (born 10 January 1992 in São Vicente) simply Mailó, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. as a forward.

Monoplex nicobaricus

Regions where Monoplex nicobaricus is found include Aldabra, Brazil, Canaries, Cape Verde, Chagos, European waters, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Basin and West Indies.

Monoplex tranquebaricus

This species is distributed in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola and in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.

Pugilina morio

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.

Right of asylum

The first list, enacted in July 2005, included as "safe countries" Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Mali, Mauritius Island, India, Senegal, Mongolia, Georgia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Croatia.

Sergio García de la Fuente

On 22 December 2009 he scored the side's first goal in a 4–2 victory against Argentina and, on 30 December 2013, he netted twice in a 4–1 triumph over Cape Verde.

Sinezona semicostata

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and Cape Verde

Skywave

In June and July 1923, Guglielmo Marconi's transmissions were completed during nights on 97 meters from Poldhu Wireless Station, Cornwall, to his yacht Ellette in the Cape Verde Islands.

Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four forms 225 nautical miles (260 miles, 415 km) south-southeast of Praia, Cape Verde.

Tom Saintfiet

On 10 October, Zimbabwe played Cape Verde in Harare in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match, the game resulted in a 1-1 draw.

Vanny Reis

As the official representative of Cape Verde for the 2011 Miss West Africa pageant held in Banjul, the Gambia on December 18, 2011, Vanny Reis captured the crown of Miss West Africa 2011/12, becoming the first woman to win an international pageant for Cape Verde.

Vicente Dias

Vicente Dias (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: also Bisenti Dias, Fogo Crioulo or Djarfogo: Visenti Dias), is a village located approximately 4 km from the island capital of Sao Filipe and west of Cova Figueira and is on Fogo in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, it is the second highest village in Cape Verde.