. In 2010 its population was 558. It is situated in the valley of
Ribeira das Patas
Ribeira, Portuguese and Galician for ''stream'' or ''riverside'', may refer to the following places:
Brazil
*Ribeira, São Paulo, a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
*Ribeira, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in the municipality of Rio de ...
, about 11 km west 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 consists of several localities, including ''Ponte Sul'', ''Lajedo'' proper and ''Vascona''. The road from Porto Novo to
Ribeira da Cruz
Ribeira da Cruz is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. Situated 22 km northwest of the island capital Porto Novo, it is part of the parish of Santo André, in the municipality of Porto Novo. It had 42 ...
in the north of the island passes through Lajedo.
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 ...