Pombas, Cape Verde
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Pombas is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32
in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão,
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 municipality
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. It is situated on the coast, at the mouth of the Ribeira do Paul, southeast of
Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde * Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municip ...
and north of the island capital
Porto Novo , , ; ; ; also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital and second-largest city of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. In 1863, following British bombardment, Porto-Novo accepted French ...
. The national roads EN1-SA02 and EN1-SA03 connect Pombas with
Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde * Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municip ...
and
Porto Novo , , ; ; ; also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital and second-largest city of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. In 1863, following British bombardment, Porto-Novo accepted French ...
, respectively. Pombas was elevated from town to city in 2010.


Demographics

*1990: 1,161Cape Verde
www.citypopulation.de
*2000: 1,796 *2010: 1,295


See also

* List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde


References


External links

* {{Subdivisions of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Cities in Cape Verde Paul, Cape Verde Geography of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Municipal seats in Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde