Palmeira is a townCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the northwestern part of the island of Sal,

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 ...

. In 2010 its population was 1,420. The town is situated on the west coast, about 4 km west of the island capital Espargos. Located at Baía de Palmeira, a small bay south of the village, it is home to the main port of the island of Sal. It is the third busiest port of Cape Verde in freight traffic.

History

A small settlement at the location of present Palmeira was observed by an English captain in 1720. It was mentioned as "Palmera" in the 1747 map by

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Jacques Nicolas Bellin (; 1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, membe ...

References

{{Shipping in Cape Verde Geography of Sal, Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde Towns in Cape Verde Ports and harbours of Cape Verde