For other uses, see São Vicente (disambiguation)

São Vicente ( This article is primarily about the language. See also a summary in the context of the other creole people. Portuguese Creole is a creole language based on the Portuguese language. The Portuguese-based Creoles are classified by geographical order and by substrate language (the language that contacted with Portuguese): Portuguese... Crioulo: Sanvicente or Sanvcênt) is one of the The Barlavento archipelago (literally, the Windward), is the northern island group of Cape Verde. It can be divided in to two groups: Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Santa Luzia, Branco and Razo lie to the west and are rocky, volcanic, agricultural islands. Sal... Barlaventos A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on... islands of the Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde) is a republic located on an archipelago of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa. The previously-uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; they subsequently became a trading centre for African slaves. Most Cape Verdeans... Cape Verde. It is separated by the São Vicente Channel in the northwest. The airport is in the southwest.

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• ISO 3166-2 codes for Cape Verde. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient... ISO 31662: CV-SV

Communities

• Baia das Gatas, E
• Calhau, E
• Madeiral, S
• Mindelo, N
• Salamansa, N
• Seixal, ESE
• São Pedro, SW
• Topim, ESE

Geographical features

In clockwise order:

• Ponta de Doca, in the northern part of the island
• Ponta Marigou, north, the northernmost point on the island
• Ponta da Fregata, in the northeastern part of the island
• Praia Grande (meaning large beach), northeast
• Ponta do Calhau, located in the east
• Ponta da Vianna, located in the east
• Ponta de Saragaça, located in the east southeast
• Ponta da Várzea, located in the southeast
• Ponta Araujo, in the south-southwestern part of the island
• Ponta da Ribeira da Caixa, in the southwestern part of the island

Tributaries

In Clockwise order:

• Ribeira Julião

History

Discovered on Categories: Stub | Christian martyrs ... Saint Vincent's Day ( January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 343 days remaining (344 in leap years). Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England. 1824 - Ashantis crush British forces... January 22) in 1462, the island remained practically uninhabited until the middle of the Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. In the sense of the Common Era... 19th century. It was only in Events January 6 - Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrates the telegraph. January 8 - Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code) January 12 - Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon flee Ohio for Missouri March 7 – Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale debuts at... 1838, when a Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. It is a readily combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is composed primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons, along with assorted other elements, including sulfur. Often associated with the... coal deposit was established in Mindelo is a port town on the Cape Verde island of Sao Vicente. It has a population of about 50,000 inhabitants. The towns deep-water port, Porto Grande, is used for cruise ships and other commercial traffic. The town is also known for its colourful and animated carneval... Porto Grande to supply ships on The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The oceans name, derived from Greek mythology, means the Sea of Atlas. This ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending in a north-south direction and is divided into the North Atlantic... Atlantic routes, that the population started to grow rapidly. Due to the lack of rain and consequent lack of natural resources, the economy of São Vicente is based mainly on commerce and services.

Transportation

The island is connected with three major roads:

• Mindelo - São Pedro
• Mindelo - Calhau
• Mindelo - Baia das Gatas

The secondary routes include:

• From Mindelo - Calhau
  • road to Madeira
• From Mindelo - Baia das Gatas
  • road to Monde Verde
  • road to Salamansa

External links

• Map 1:50_000, City of Mindelo and the island of São Vicente (http://www.bela-vista.net/Sao-Vicente-e.htm)

(in French)

• Information on Mindelo (http://www.mindelo.info)

(in German)

• walk in Mindelo with Jørgen Carling (http://svicente.dragoeiro.com)
• Travel guides with Lucete Fortes (http://www.bela-vista.net/buch.htm)

Photos (in Portuguese)

• Photos of São Vicente (http://www.mindelo.info/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=2)
• Photos of Mindelo (http://www.mindelo.info/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=1)

see also This article describes the geography of Cape Verde. The Cape Verde Islands are located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean some 620 kilometers (385 mi.) off the west coast of Africa. The archipelago consists of 10 islands and 5 islets, divided into the windward (Barlavento) and leeward (Sotavento) groups. The six... Geography of Cape Verde