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9 unusual facts about Mindelo


Banco Cabo-Verdiano de Negócios

The banking company is located in the second major city of Cape Verde, Mindelo on São Vicente Island.

Economy of Cape Verde

Cape Verde has cold storage and freezing facilities as well as fish processing plants in Mindelo, Praia, and on Sal.

Emerson da Luz

Emerson dos Santos da Luz (born 11 July 1982 in Mindelo) is a Cape Verdean footballer who currently plays for Cape Verde national football team and for Arouca in the Segunda Divisão Portuguesa Zona Centro, the third level of the Portuguese football league system.

Health in Cape Verde

There are hospitals in Praia, Mindelo and São Filipe on the island of Fogo, with smaller medical facilities in other places.

Ilhéu dos Pássaros

Ilhéu de Pássaros (in Cape Verdean Creole: Djeu) is an islet located between 2 to 3 kilometres NW of the island of São Vicente (Mindelo) and also 2 kilometres northwest of the Mindelo's nearby point, the João Ribeira.

Mouzinho da Silveira

On 23 April 1832, accompanied by Peter IV, he traveled to Ponta Delgada, before departing the Azores with an expeditionary force to Mindelo.

Péricles Pereira

Péricles Santos Pereira (born 10 April 1993 in Mindelo, São Vicente), commonly known as Pecks, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Gil Vicente F.C. in Portugal, mainly as a central defender.

Sergio Frusoni

In 1947, he managed the O Café Sport in Mindelo, the main city of São Vicente, where he presented poems and anecdotes in Crioulo.

Vila do Conde

The communities along the coast, which include the main beaches and bird sanctuary, are essentially beach resorts with a high technology industrial park in Mindelo with some semi-conductor industries.


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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.

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.


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