Ponta Verde

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

Overview

Ponta Verde is a seaside settlement in the northeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is a suburb of the city of Calheta de São Miguel, part of the municipality of São Miguel. It is situated on the Praia-Pedra Badejo-Tarrafal Road (EN1-ST02), 1.5 km northwest of the centre of Calheta de São Miguel. In 2010 its population was 1,065.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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

Teodoro Mendes Tavares

Brazilian Roman-Catholic priest

Djaniny Tavares

Cape Verdean association football player

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Nilson Antonio

Cape Verdean footballer (born 1987)

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Cesaltino Mendes Santos

association football player

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Nácia Gomes

Cape Verdian traditional singer of finaçon (1925-2011)

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Daniel Varela de Pina

Cape Verdean boxer (born 1996)

Líver Gomes

Cape Verdean Politician

Pedro Alexandre Rocha

Cape Verdean politician and former mayor of Santa Cruz

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

Nearby places in Cabo Verde

• Bazargan
  4388.7 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Tazeh Shahr
  4403.1 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Salmas
  4407.3 mi away · pop. 97,060
• Qaraziadin
  4422.2 mi away · pop. 23,763
• Oshnaviyeh
  4424.7 mi away · pop. 32,723
• Piranshahr
  4427 mi away · pop. 91,515
• Shinabad
  4428.1 mi away
• Sharafkhaneh
  4446.5 mi away · pop. 4,245
• Qasr-e Shirin
  4453.6 mi away · pop. 18,473
• Khamaneh
  4454.1 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Riqab
  4455.4 mi away · pop. 567
• Shabestar
  4457.9 mi away · pop. 22,181

Browse all places in Cabo Verde →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ponta Verde

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Candelabra Bush

Senna alata

Seen 2026-05-15

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Seen 2026-05-09

Gray Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus

Seen 2026-05-06

Soursop

Annona muricata

Seen 2026-05-05

Green Monkey

Chlorocebus sabaeus

Seen 2026-05-05

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Danaus chrysippus

Seen 2026-05-05

Blue-spot Pansy

Junonia oenone

Seen 2026-05-05

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Seen 2026-05-04

Teasel Gourd

Cucumis dipsaceus

Seen 2026-05-04

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ponta Verde, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.