Ribeira da Barca is a town[2] in the municipality of Santa Catarina, on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 2,317. It is situated on the west coast, at the mouth of the stream Ribeira da Barca, 11 km northwest of Assomada. The settlement was mentioned as "Rivera das Baras" in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[3]
Ribeira da Barca | |
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Settlement | |
 The cliff south of Ribeira da Barca | |
  Ribeira da Barca | |
| Coordinates: 15°08′17″N 23°45′32″W / 15.138°N 23.759°W | |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| Island | Santiago |
| Municipality | Santa Catarina |
| Civil parish | Santa Catarina |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 2,317 |
| ID | 72144 |
Notable people
edit- António Mascarenhas Monteiro, former president of the Republic of Cabo Verde
- Suzanna Lubrano, singer currently residing in Rotterdam in the Netherlands
- Tcheka, musician
References
edit- ^ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
- ^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
- ^ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
External links
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