Mindelo

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Mindelo

Total population

3,988

Land area5.44 km²

Coordinates41.31°, -8.72°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mindelo is a civil parish in Vila do Conde Municipality, along the Green Coast in continental Portugal. Situated 21 km northwest of Porto, it is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto. The population in 2021 was 3,988, in an area of 5.74 square kilometres (2.22 mi2).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hélder Postiga

Portuguese footballer

José Régio

Portuguese poet (1901–1969)

Fábio Coentrão

Portuguese footballer

Manuela Azevedo

Portuguese singer

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António André

Portuguese footballer

José Azevedo

Portuguese racing cyclist

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Fábio Faria

Portuguese footballer

José Domingues dos Santos

Portuguese prime-minister (1885-1958)

Paulinho Santos

Portuguese footballer

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Albino Aroso

Portuguese doctor/politician (1923-2013)

Salvador Agra

Portuguese footballer

A

Alfredo Castro

Portuguese football player/coach

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André Vilas Boas

Portuguese footballer

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Luís Manuel Rodrigues Viana

Portuguese association football player

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Vítor Gomes

Portuguese football player

Henrique De Carvalho

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

Nearby places in Porto

• Ferreiró
  6.9 mi away
• Casais
  21.6 mi away · pop. 1,401
• Meinedo
  24.9 mi away · pop. 4,052
• Sabra
  594.5 mi away · pop. 28,555
• Zalboun
  596.6 mi away
• Ain Taslit
  602.1 mi away
• Veli Rat
  1208.1 mi away · pop. 91
• Brgulje
  1208.2 mi away · pop. 63
• Soline
  1209.6 mi away · pop. 59
• Zverinac
  1211.3 mi away · pop. 55
• Mandre
  1212.2 mi away · pop. 395
• Šimuni
  1214 mi away · pop. 165

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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 Mindelo

Nos tempos do Porto Grande do Mindelo

António Correia e. Silva · 2000

Espaços urbanos de Cabo Verde

António Correia e. Silva · 1998

Africa

Margaret Walsh Young · 1982

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Belladonna Lily

Amaryllis belladonna

Seen 2026-09-24

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

Seen 2026-09-23

Petite Wave

Scopula minorata

Seen 2026-09-23

Spotted Seabass

Dicentrarchus punctatus

Seen 2026-09-23

calla lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Seen 2026-09-23

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-23

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

Seen 2026-09-23

Double-striped Pug

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Seen 2026-09-23

sea fig

Carpobrotus edulis

Seen 2026-09-22

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

Official Identifiers