São Pedro, Cape Verde
| São Pedro | |
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  São Pedro | |
| Coordinates: 16°49′26″N 25°03′36″W / 16.824°N 25.060°WCoordinates: 16°49′26″N 25°03′36″W / 16.824°N 25.060°W | |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| Island | São Vicente |
| Municipality | São Vicente |
| Civil parish | Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 991 |
São Pedro is a village in the southwestern part of the island of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, approximately 10 km southwest of the island capital Mindelo. Cesária Évora Airport is situated near São Pedro.
In the area of São Pedro, it has a large beach with sea turtles in the bay of the same name, the parrage of arid and majestic and constant winds turns into an internationally used beach where windsurfing is popular, west of the village is Fateixa elevating 571 meters.
1 km west is the locality called Santo André featuring São Pedro Hotel, once the modern hotel until 2005 with small apartments named Foia Branca (Foia Branca) and also 2 km west is the lighthouse named Farol de Dona Amélia (or Foia Branca) accessed by a single one kilometer long pathway.
A honomymous football (soccer) club, the only in the village currently participates in the São Vicente Second Division, the club first played in around the 2010s.
References
- ↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
External links
- Discover the Lighthouse (French)
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