São Martinho Grande

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São Martinho Grande

Coordinates14.92°, -23.57°

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

Overview

São Martinho Grande is a settlement in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, and part of the municipality Ribeira Grande de Santiago. It is 4 km east from Cidade Velha and 6.5 km west of Praia city centre. National road EN1-ST05 passes north of it. 1.5 km to its south is Calheta de São Martinho, a small bay of the Atlantic Ocean. It was mentioned as "Kalyete de S. Martin" on the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.

Geography

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

Gélson Fernandes

Swiss footballer

Gil Semedo

Cape Verdean musician

Adilson Tavares Varela

Cape Verdean Swiss association football player

Nani

Portuguese association football player

F

Fernando Quejas

Cape Verdean composer and singer

N

Nando Maria Neves

Cape Verdean association football player

C

Clayton de Sousa Moreira

football player

Stopira

Cape Verdean association football player

D

Dos Santos

French footballer

P

Paulino do Livramento Évora

Cape Verdean clergyman (1931–2019)

Odaïr Fortes

Cape Verdean association football player

Jorge Barbosa

Cape Verdean writer (1902–1971)

B

Babanco

Cape Verdean association football player

V

Vargas Fernandes

Cape Verdean association football player

Arménio Vieira

Cape Verdean journalist

J

Johnny Rodrigues

musical artist

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

Nearby places in Ribeira Grande de Santiago

• São Roque
  2.7 mi away
• Barracão
  3485.9 mi away · pop. 4,831
• Serra dos Gregórios
  3486.4 mi away
• Marcelino Ramos
  3490.4 mi away · pop. 4,320
• Mirim
  3491.7 mi away
• Bela Vista
  3492.3 mi away
• Mariano Moro
  3493.2 mi away · pop. 1,858
• São Sebastião
  3493.2 mi away
• São José dos Ausentes
  3498.3 mi away · pop. 4,172
• Cacique Doble
  3498.6 mi away · pop. 4,603
• Dourado
  3500.4 mi away
• Tupanci do Sul
  3502.8 mi away · pop. 1,374

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