Santa Bárbara
Santa Bárbara is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It is situated at 350 m elevation, close to the Atlantic coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 143 residents
- Description: village the island of Brava, Cape Verde
- Also known as: “Santa Barbara” and “Santa Bárbara, Cape Verde”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brava and Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira.
Brava
Island
Photo: TxetxeCV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brava is an island in Cape Verde, and is part of the Sotavento group, in the central Atlantic Ocean. At 62.5 km2, it is the smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde archipelago, but at the same time the greenest. Brava is situated 3½ km southwest of Santa Bárbara.
Estádio Aquiles de Oliveira
Pitch
Estádio Aquiles de Olveira, also as Aquilo de Oliveira is a multi-use stadium in Nova Sintra on the island of Brava, Cape Verde. As the island size is small, it is the only sports venue on the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vinagre and Nova Sintra.
Vinagre
Hamlet
Vinagre is a village in the eastern part of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It is situated at 200 m elevation, close to the Atlantic coast. It is about 3 kilometer east of the island capital of Nova Sintra, northwest is the small village of Santa Bárbara There is a mineral spring in the village called nascente do Vinagre, which supplies the village Furna with drinking water.
Nova Sintra
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Nova Sintra is a city in the central part of the island of Brava in southwestern Cape Verde. It serves as the seat of the Brava Municipality. The settlement is named after Sintra, the summer residence of the Portuguese kings.
Mato Grande
Village
Mato Grande is a settlement in the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountains, 1 km southeast of the island capital Nova Sintra.
Santa Bárbara
- Category: locality
- Location: Brava Municipality, Cape Verde, Africa
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Latitude
14.87458° or 14° 52′ 29″ northLongitude
-24.6855° or 24° 41′ 8″ westPopulation
143Open location code
796QV8F7+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 6356964079OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Santa Bárbara” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Santa Bárbara”
- Dutch: “Santa Barbara”
- Dutch: “Santa Bárbara”
- French: “Santa Bárbara”
- German: “Santa Bárbara”
- Portuguese: “Santa Bárbara (Brava)”
- Portuguese: “Santa Bárbara (Cabo Verde)”
- Portuguese: “Santa Bárbara”
- Spanish: “Santa Bárbara (Cabo Verde)”
- Spanish: “Santa Bárbara”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santa Bárbara and Miradouro Santa Maria.
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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 “Santa Bárbara”. Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.