Ribeira Grande (also: ''Povoação'') is the largest town of the

Ribeira Grande Municipality Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde *Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão *Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipal ...

on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It has become a city in 2010.Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 In 2010 its population was 2,564. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island, near the outflow of the river Ribeira Grande and its tributary

Ribeira da Torre Ribeira da Torre is a torrential stream in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde. Its source is in the mountains north of the Cova crater, near the locality Rabo Curto. It flows to the north through the settlements X ...

into the

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. Neighborhoods include Tarrafal, Rua de Agua, Rua d'Horta and Penha de França. EnseadaRibeiraGrande

History

Although the island was already discovered in 1462, the first evidence of settlement dates from 1548. The main settlement was Ribeira Grande, which became the seat of the municipality of Santo Antão in 1732.Evolução histórica do concelho do Porto Novo
Andreza Costa Dias, 2006, p. 8-12 Its earlier buildings are built with Portuguese colonial architecture. The church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário is the parish church. Notable people includes chemist Roberto Duarte Silva, poet

Manuel de Novas Manuel d' Novas (February 24, 1938 — September 28, 2009) was a Cape Verdean poet and composer. Biography Manuel Jesus Lopes was born in Penha da França, one of the neighbourhoods of Ribeira Grande on the island of Santo Antão, he became on ...

, and José Luís Jesus, former foreign minister and president of the

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

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