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Nossa Senhora do Monte is a townCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 located in the heart of the island of Brava,
Nearby places include Cova Joana to the northeast, Mato to the southeast and Campo Baixo to the southwest.
It was founded in 1826, and a few years later it became the seat of a bishop.Reitmaier, Pitt: ''Cabo Verde'', p.415-8. Bielefeld 2009. In 1862 Nossa Senhora do Monte became a place of pilgrimage. There are a sightworthy Catholic pilgrimage church and a smaller Adventist Church in the village. Several shops and small bars are to be found in Main Street. Several times a day, Nossa Senhora do Monte can be reached by "''Aluguer''" bus from Nova Sintra.
A small church of the
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 located in the heart of the island of Brava,
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 ...
. It is the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora do Monte. Its elevation is 650 m, and its population was 271 in 2010. Nossa Senhora do Monte is surrounded by mountains. Monte Fontainhas, Brava's tallest mountain reaching a height of 976 meters, is close to the village.
Nearby places include Cova Joana to the northeast, Mato to the southeast and Campo Baixo to the southwest.
It was founded in 1826, and a few years later it became the seat of a bishop.Reitmaier, Pitt: ''Cabo Verde'', p.415-8. Bielefeld 2009. In 1862 Nossa Senhora do Monte became a place of pilgrimage. There are a sightworthy Catholic pilgrimage church and a smaller Adventist Church in the village. Several shops and small bars are to be found in Main Street. Several times a day, Nossa Senhora do Monte can be reached by "''Aluguer''" bus from Nova Sintra.
A small church of the Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabba ...
was built in 1938.
References
Geography of Brava, Cape Verde Towns in Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub