Pilão Cão (Santiago)

	Pilão Cão (Santiago) Pilão Cão is a settlement in the eastern part of the island of Maio in Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 102. It is located 1 km south of Alcatraz and 14 km northeast of the island capital Porto Inglês. 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 Maio, Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Maio, Cape Verde Maio is the easternmost of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde. Maio is located south of the island of Boa Vista and east of Santiago. Administratively, the island forms one ''concelho'' (municipality): Maio. History The island was discovered in 1460. It was first settled at the end of the 16th century, when the land was used to raise livestock, especially goats. Salt was first exploited in the 17th century which caused the population to grow. The English exported salt to Europe from Porto Inglês, hence the name of that city.História Municipio do Maio The inconclusive Battle of Maio was fought between British and French frigate squadrons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alcatraz, Cape Verde Alcatraz is a village in the eastern part of the island of Maio. The village is situated near the coast, 1 km north of Pilão Cão and 15 km northeast of the island capital Porto Inglês. In 2010 its population was 232. 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 Maio, Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Porto Inglês Porto Inglês ( Portuguese for "English port", also: ''Cidade do Maio'', ''Vila do Maio'') is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde . It is the main urban settlement of the island, and also seat of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]