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Fontainhas is a settlement in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, 
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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. It is situated near the rocky north coast of the island, 2 km southwest of Ponta do Sol
Ponta do Sol (; en, "Cape of the Sun") is a municipality in the southwestern coast of the island of Madeira, in the archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 8,862, in an area of .
History
The settlement of Ponta do Sol began shortly af ...
and 19 km north of the island capital Porto Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ...
. The settlement includes the smaller villages Corvo and Forminguinhas, about 1 km west of Fontainhas proper.
See also
*List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde
This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde:
Boa Vista
* Bofarreira
* Cabeça dos Tarrafes
* Curral Velho - abandoned settlement
* Espingueira - abandoned settlement
* Estância de Baixo
* Fundo das Figueiras
* João ...
References
External links
{{Subdivisions of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Villages and settlements in Santo Antão, Cape Verde Ribeira Grande Municipality