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São Lourenço Dos Órgãos, Cape Verde
São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountainous central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago. Its seat is the city João Teves. Its population was 7,388 at the 2010 census, and its area is 36.9 km2. The municipality is bordered by Santa Cruz, Cape Verde, Santa Cruz to the northeast, São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality), São Domingos to the south, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde, Ribeira Grande de Santiago to the southwest and São Salvador do Mundo, Cape Verde, São Salvador do Mundo to the northwest. Pico de Antónia, the island's highest mountain, straddles the borders of São Lourenço dos Órgãos, São Salvador do Mundo and Ribeira Grande de Santiago. Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, freguesia'' (civil parish), São Lourenço dos Órgãos. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa
The Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa is the only botanical garden in Cape Verde. The garden is located in São Jorge (Santiago), São Jorge, in the middle of the island Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago. Its collection focuses on endemic and native plants of Cape Verde. The garden was created in 1986 and was named after the Franco-Portuguese botanist Luís Augusto Grandvaux Barbosa (1914-1983). It is located 400 m above sea level and covers 20,000 m2. It is part of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (the former "INIDA", National Institute of Agrarian Studies and Development), part of the University of Cape Verde. Endemic and native plants in the garden include ''Phoenix atlantica'', ''Euphorbia tuckeyana'', ''Echium hypertropicum'', ''Echium stenosiphon'', ''Artemisia gorgonum'', ''Micromeria forbesii'', ''Aeonium gorgoneum'' and ''Campanula jacobaea''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covada (Santiago)
Covada is an unincorporated community in Ferry County, in the U.S. state of Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A .... History A post office called Covada was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1954. The name is an acronym of several nearby mines, namely Columbia, Orin, Verin, Ada, Dora, and Alice. References Unincorporated communities in Ferry County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{FerryCountyWA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montanha
Montanha is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km north of João Teves and 8 km southwest of Pedra Badejo. The area is intensively farmed; mainly maize, beans and sugar-cane. Mahogany trees There are two African mahogany trees near the village of Banana (part of the settlement Montanha), standing at the bottom of the Ribeira Montanha valley, 400 m above sea level. The trees were identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support a colony of purple heron The purple heron (''Ardea purpurea'') is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whe ...s or Bourne's herons. References Villages and settlements in Santiago, Cape Verde São Lourenço dos Órgãos Important Bird Areas of Cape Verde {{CapeVerde- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mato Raia . In 2010 its population was 181.
Mato Raia is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It is located about a kilometer north from the city of João Teves João Teves is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 ... References {{Subdivisions of Santiago, Cape Verde Villages and settlements in Santiago, Cape Verde São Lourenço dos Órgãos ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longueira, Cape Verde
Longueira is a village in the southcentral part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 326. Longueira is located 4 km southwest of João Teves and 1.5 km west of São Jorge. Monte Tchota, the highest point of the mountains of Rui Vaz Rui Vaz is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 1,078. It is situated at 809 m elevation, 2 km south of São Jorge dos Órgãos SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, i ..., lies to the south. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Longueira Cape Verde Villages and settlements in Santiago, Cape Verde São Lourenço dos Órgãos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levada, Cape Verde
Levada Instituto Nacional de Estatística, code 78107, p. 89 is a village in the interior of the island of , . It is part of the municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It is situated 3 km east of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instituto Nacional De Estatística (Cape Verde)
The Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portuguese for the ''National Statistics Institute'', abbreviated as INE) is the Official statistics, public statistics institute of Cape Verde. Its current president is Osvaldo Rui Monteiro dos Reis Borges. The population censuses are held every first year of a decade; the most recent was in 2010. Its main office is on 18 Rua da Caixa Económica in the capital city of Praia. History Until 1975, under Portuguese rule, statistics were done by the Provincial Statistics Bureau (''Repartição Provincial de Estatística''), part of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portugal), Instituto Nacional de Estatística of Portugal. When Cape Verde became independent, the ''Serviço Nacional de Estatística'' (SNE, Portuguese for the National Statistics Service) was established, part of the Ministry of Economy. Its first president was Edgard Chrysostome Pinto. At the end of 1985, the Directorate-General of Statistics was created. In 1996, the new law o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Guela
João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * João I of Portugal * João II of Portugal * João III of Portugal * João IV of Portugal * João V of Portugal * João VI of Portugal * João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509 * João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716 * Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597 Princes * João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III * Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861) Arts and literature * João Borsch, Portuguese musician * João Bosco, Brazilian musician * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat * João César Monteiro, Portuguese film director * Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer * João Donato, Brazilian musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
