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Fragata Apurímac 1855
Fragata is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 172. It is situated 2 km south of Ribeira Prata and 9 km north of Tarrafal de São Nicolau. It consists of the localities Cruzinha, Geronimo, Santa Barbara and Fragatona (Tope). See also *List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde: Boa Vista, Cape Verde (municipality), Boa Vista * Bofarreira * Cabeça dos Tarrafes * Curral Velho, Cape Verde, Curral Velho - abandoned settlement * Espingueira - Abandoned Settl ... References Villages and settlements in São Nicolau, Cape Verde Tarrafal de São Nicolau {{CapeVerde-geo-stub ...
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São Nicolau, Cape Verde
São Nicolau (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Saint Nicholas'') is one of the Barlavento Islands, Barlavento (Windward) islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santa Luzia, Cape Verde, Santa Luzia and Sal, Cape Verde, Sal. Its population is 12,424 (2015),Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde), Instituto Nacional de Estatística
with an area of . The main towns are Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde, Ribeira Brava and Tarrafal de São Nicolau.


History

The island was discovered in 1461 or 1462 by Diogo Afonso, together with the islands of São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente and Santo Antão, Cape Verde, Santo Antão.
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands lie between west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The List of islands of Cape Verde, Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles. The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese Empire, Portuguese explorers colonized the islands, establishing one of the first Age of Discovery, European settlements in the tropics. Due to its strategic position, Cape Verde became a significant location in the Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade during the 16th and 17th centuries. The islands experienced economic growth during this period, driven by their role by the rapid emergence of merchants, priva ...
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Ribeira Prata
Ribeira Prata is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 343. It is situated near the north coast, 3 km northeast of Praia Branca and 11 km north of Tarrafal de São Nicolau. See also *List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde: Boa Vista, Cape Verde (municipality), Boa Vista * Bofarreira * Cabeça dos Tarrafes * Curral Velho, Cape Verde, Curral Velho - abandoned settlement * Espingueira - Abandoned Settl ... References Villages and settlements in São Nicolau, Cape Verde Tarrafal de São Nicolau {{CapeVerde-geo-stub ...
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Tarrafal De São Nicolau, Cape Verde
Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32
in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, . With a population of 3,733 (2010 census), it is the most populous settlement of the island. It is the seat of the
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List Of Villages And Settlements In Cape Verde
This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde: Boa Vista, Cape Verde (municipality), Boa Vista * Bofarreira * Cabeça dos Tarrafes * Curral Velho, Cape Verde, Curral Velho - abandoned settlement * Espingueira - Abandoned Settlement from the Village * Estância de Baixo * Fundo das Figueiras * João Galego * Povoação Velha * Prazeres, Cape Verde, Prazeres - abandoned settlement Brava, Cape Verde, Brava * Cachaço * Campo Baixo * Cova Joana * Cova Rodela * Fajã de Água * João da Noly * Lem, Cape Verde, Lem * Mato, Cape Verde, Mato * Mato Grande * Nossa Senhora do Monte, Cape Verde, Nossa Senhora do Monte * Santa Bárbara, Cape Verde, Santa Bárbara * Tantum * Tomé Barraz * Vinagre, Cape Verde, Vinagre Fogo, Cape Verde, Fogo * Achada Furna * Achada Grande, Mosteiros, Achada Grande * Atalaia, Cape Verde, Atalaia * Cabeça Fundão * Campanas Baixo * Chã das Caldeiras * Corvo, Cape Verde, Corvo * Curral Grande * Estância Roque * Fajãzinha, Cape Verde, Faj ...
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Villages And Settlements In São Nicolau, Cape Verde
A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a Church (building), church.
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