Cabeça da Horta

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Cabeça da Horta

Coordinates15.02°, -23.52°

Demographic figures from INE Cabo Verde. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Milho Branco is a village in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km north of Ribeirão Chiqueiro, 5 km east of the city São Domingos and 12 km north of the capital Praia. The national road EN1-ST02 from Ribeirão Chiqueiro to Tarrafal via Pedra Badejo passes through the village. It is part of the municipality of São Domingos. In 2010 its population was 607.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

S

Simplício Rodrigues de Sá

Portuguese painter (1785-1839)

T

Tomé Varela da Silva

Cape Verdean anthropologist

O

Orlando Pantera

musical artist

B

Ballack

Cape Verdean association football player

Codé di Dona

musical artist

J

Júnior Monteiro

association football player

R

Rosa Isabel da Piedade

Cristiano Ronaldo's great grandmother

I

Ivânia Moreira

Cape Verden footballer (born 1993)

C

Clayton Diandy

Senegalese footballer (born 2006)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in São Domingos

• Hudson
  4657.9 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Colony
  4659.2 mi away
• Dakota Dunes
  4659.3 mi away
• Gary
  4659.3 mi away
• Sherman
  4659.3 mi away
• Fairview
  4659.6 mi away
• Elkton
  4659.8 mi away
• North Sioux City
  4660.1 mi away
• Garretson
  4660.6 mi away
• Big Stone City
  4660.7 mi away
• Newdale Colony
  4662.1 mi away
• Rowena
  4663.2 mi away

Browse all places in São Domingos →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Candelabra Bush

Senna alata

Seen 2026-05-15

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-05-09

Pubescent Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa pubescens

Seen 2026-05-04

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Seen 2026-05-04

Broad Scarlet

Crocothemis erythraea

Seen 2026-05-04

Long Skimmer

Orthetrum trinacria

Seen 2026-05-04

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Seen 2026-05-04

Papaya

Carica papaya

Seen 2026-05-04

Cape Verde Sparrow

Passer iagoensis

Seen 2026-05-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).