Ribeira da Barca

Ribeira da Barca

Coordinates: 15°08′17″N 23°45′32″W / 15.138°N 23.759°W / 15.138; -23.759Coordinates: 15°08′17″N 23°45′32″W / 15.138°N 23.759°W / 15.138; -23.759
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Municipality	Santa Catarina
Civil parish	Santa Catarina
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	2,317

Ribeira da Barca is a settlement in the municipality of Santa Catarina western part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated on the west coast, 11 km northwest of Assomada.

Notable people

António Mascarenhas, former president of Cape Verde
Txeca Andrade, musician
Pedro Freire, professional judge
João Baptista Freire - agronomist and former president of the chamber of the municipality of Santa Catarina

References

↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.

The island of Santiago and the surrounding islands

Communities and settlements	Achada Fazenda Achada Leitão Achada Monte Achada Tenda Água de Gato Assomada Banana Boa Entrada Calheta de São Miguel Cancelo Chão Bom Cidade Velha Fazenda Figueira das Naus João Teves João Varela Montanha Palha Carga Pedra Badejo Picos (Achada Igreja) Porto Gouveia Porto Mosquito Praia Principal Ribeira da Barca Ribeira da Prata Rincão Rui Vaz Santa Ana São Domingos São Jorge dos Órgãos Tarrafal Trás os Montes

Municipalities	Praia Ribeira Grande de Santiago Santa Catarina Santa Cruz São Domingos São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Miguel São Salvador do Mundo Tarrafal

Parishes	Nossa Senhora da Graça Nossa Senhora da Luz Santa Catarina Santiago Maior Santíssimo Nome de Jesus Santo Amaro Abade São João Baptista São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Miguel Arcanjo São Nicolau Tolentino São Salvador do Mundo

Mountains	Monte Graciosa Pico da Antónia Serra da Malagueta

Streams	Ribeira da Barca Ribeira Grande de Santiago Ribeira da Prata Ribeira Principal Ribeira Seca

Points and promontories	Ponta Preta (Northern Santiago) Ponta Temerosa

Other geographic features	Farol de D. Maria Pia Barragem de Poilão Farol da Ponta Preta Salineiro Reservoir Saquinho Reservoir

Cape Verde Barlavento Santiago

Municipality of Santa Catarina

Communities and settlements	Assomada Boa Entrada Figueira das Naus Palha Carga Ribeira da Barca Rincão

Geographical features	Pico da Antónia

Landmarks and points of Interests	Museu da Tabanka Serra do Pico da Antónia Important Bird Area

Other	Os Amigos Desportivo de Assomada

Cape Verde Barlavento Santiago Santa Catarina

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.