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Praia Municipality

Green Island

Ilhéu de Santa Maria is a small uninhabited islet of the Sotavento archipelago in located off the shore of the island . Like all Cape Verdean islands, the islet is of volcanic origin.
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  • Type: Coastline
  • Description: island in Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Ilheu de Santa Maria”, “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”, “Isla de Angel”, and “Quail island”
  • Historically known as: “Quail Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estádio da Várzea and Temerosa Lighthouse.

Stadium
Photo: Xandu, Public domain.
is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde, just west of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of and on Avenida Cidade de Lisboa on its east side.

Lighthouse
Photo: Gagum, CC BY 2.0.
Farol de Dona Maria Pia is a lighthouse at the southernmost point of the island of , . It stands on the headland Ponta Temerosa, at the entrance of Praia Harbour, 2 km south of the city centre of .

Government office
Photo: Gagum, CC BY 2.0.
is a government office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prainha and Praia.

Suburb
Photo: Gagum, CC BY 2.0.
is a subdivision of the city of in the island of , . Its population was 309 at the 2010 census. It is situated on the coast, south of the city centre.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
— literally "Beach" in Portuguese — is 's capital and busiest city. While it's maybe not comparable to a western metropolis, with a population of only about 159,050, one in four Cape Verdeans call the city home and the city is an important thoroughfare for international visitors to the archipelagic country.

Suburb
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a subdivision of the city of in the island of , . Its population was 12,965 at the 2010 census. It is situated near the Atlantic coast, southwest of the city centre.

Green Island

Latitude
14.90788° or 14° 54′ 28″ north
Longitude
-23.50772° or 23° 30′ 28″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
796RWF5R+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 9884606
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Geo­Names ID
3374217
Wiki­data ID
Q23007125
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Green Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Armenian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Bengali: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Bulgarian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Catalan: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Cebuano: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Chinese: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Chinese: “Isla de Angel”
  • Chinese: “Quail island”
  • Church Slavic: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Dutch: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Dutch: “Isla de Angel”
  • Dutch: “Quail island”
  • Dzongkha: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • French: “île de Santa Maria”
  • French: “Île de Santa Maria”
  • French: “Quail island”
  • Georgian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • German: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • German: “Isla de Angel”
  • German: “Quail island”
  • Greek: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Hebrew: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Hindi: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Italian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Korean: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Low German: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Low German: “Isla de Angel”
  • Low German: “Quail island”
  • Macedonian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Malayalam: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Manchu: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Maori: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Maori: “Isla de Angel”
  • Maori: “Quail island”
  • Mongolian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Polish: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Romanian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Russian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Russian: “Isla de Angel”
  • Russian: “Quail island”
  • Samoan: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Samoan: “Isla de Angel”
  • Samoan: “Quail island”
  • Serbian: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Spanish: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Spanish: “Quail island”
  • Swedish: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Tamil: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Telugu: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Turkmen: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • Turkmen: “Isla de Angel”
  • Turkmen: “Quail island”
  • Urdu: “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • “Ilhéu de Santa Maria”
  • “Isla de Angel”
  • “Quail island”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Green Island”. Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.