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3 unusual facts about Santa Maria, 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.

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.

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.


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.

Ali Mohsen

Played against the greatest players in the world such as: Pele, Di Stéfano, Zagallo, Puskás, Didi, Garrincha, Santos, Santa Maria, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, also played with the greatest stars the Arabs : Ammo Baba, from Iraq, Sidiik Mnzul, Borai Abdalkhar, from Sudan, Chicha of Morocco, Hassan Al-Amir, from Algeria .

Bartolome Ramos

title=Municipal Mayor of Santa Maria, Bulacan

Bartolome Ramos, also known as Omeng Ramos, (born August 24, 1943) is a Filipino politician, and the current mayor of the town of Santa Maria, Bulacan in the Philippines.

Calchaquí Valleys

Among the most visited tourist attractions of the valley are Tafí del Valle, Cafayate, Molinos, San Carlos, Santa María and Cachi at the western end of the valley, as well as the Los Cardones National Park, and the Los Sosa Provincial Park in Tucumán.

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.

Carol Sklenicka

Sklenicka was raised in Santa Maria, California, attended college California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo and received a Ph. D. in English and American literature from Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied with Naomi Lebowitz, Stanley Elkin, and Howard Nemerov, in 1986.

Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul

The municipality is known to have given rise to a large number of other municipalities as Ijuí, Santa Maria, Passo Fundo, Santo Angelo and their initial territory led to more other, became known by the northwestern mother.

Cuisine of California

Santa Maria is famous for the Tri-tip, a special kind of beef cut that can be grilled, baked, braised, or roasted.

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.

El Cristo

According to studies by the archaeologist Cook, this community is similar to the pre-Columbian site of the Sierra at the edge of Santa Maria.

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.

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.

Francisco Santiago

Santiago was born in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines, to musically-minded peasant parents, Felipe Santiago and Maria Santiago.

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.

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.

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.

Marcel Cerdan

The Lockheed L-749 Constellation crashed into Monte Redondo (São Miguel Island, Azores), killing all 11 crew members and 37 passengers on board, including Cerdan and the famous French violinist Ginette Neveu, while approaching the intermediate stop airport at Santa Maria.

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.

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.

Nelson Jobim

Jobim was born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, the son of Hélvio Jobim and Namy Azevedo Jobim, and the grandson of former governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Walter Só Jobim.

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.

Oreco

Valdemar Rodrigues Martíns, best known as Oreco, (born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, June 13, 1932 – April 3, 1985 in Ituverava, São Paulo) was an association footballer who was on the winning team of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

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.

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.

Santa María, Huila

Swiss football player Johan Vonlanthen was born in Santa Maria but decided to play for Switzerland.

Santo Amaro Abade

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

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.

The Turquoise Shop

This event coincides with the mysterious arrival of Pat Abbott, a handsomely rugged private investigator from San Francisco with hopes of pursuing an art career, while the shallow and snobbish Mona finds herself ostracized by her small New Mexico community of Santa Maria, including Jean Holly, the owner of The Turquoise Shop, after she had her own beautiful teenager daughter incarcerated by police.

Tiburcio de León

"Heneral Tibo", as he was often referred to, is credited for having established units of the Katipunan in the towns of Polo, Obando, Marilao, Meycauayan, Bocaue, Santa Maria, and San Juan del Monte in Bulacan, and of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas in Bataan.

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.

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.

Vall de Boí

Nine churches were included in the World Heritage Site: Sant Climent and Santa Maria in Taüll, Sant Feliu in Barruera, Sant Joan in Boí, Santa Eulàlia in Erill la Vall, Santa Maria de l'Assumpció de Cóll, Santa Maria de Cardet, la Nativitat de la Mare de Déu in Durro, and the hermitage of Sant Quirc near Durro.

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.

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.


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