. It is situated 1.2 km northwest of the city centre, along
Porto Grande Bay
Porto Grande Bay ( pt, Baía do Porto Grande), also Mindelo Bay, is a bay on the north coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The main city of São Vicente, Mindelo, is situated at the bay. The Porto Grande Bay is a natural harbour. It ...
. Adjacent subdivisions include
Chã de Alecrim
Chã de Alecrim is a subdivision of the city of Mindelo
Mindelo is a port cityFortinho
Fortinho or Fortinho/Escola Técnica is a subdivision of the city of Mindelo in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. Its population was 92 at the 2010 census. It is situated northwest of the city centre and south of Matiota. It takes its name ...
to the south. It includes the beach ''Praia da Laginha''.
In popular culture
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O mar na Lajinha
''O mar na Lajinha'', also as ''No mar da Lajinha'' (Capeverdean Creole, ALUPEK: ''U mar na Lajinha'', ''Nu mar da Lajinha'') is a Capeverdean novel published in 2004 by Germano Almeida. The story is about a group of people meeting regularly for a ...
'', a 2004 novel by
Germano Almeida
Germano Almeida (; born 31 July 1945) is a Cape Verdean author and lawyer.
Biography
Born on the Cape Verdean island Boa Vista, Almeida studied law at the University of Lisbon and currently practices in Mindelo. His novels have been translat ...