Ribeira Grande Municipality

Ribeira Grande is a concelho of . Situated in the northern part of the island of , it covers one fifth of the island area, and is home to nearly half of its population. Its seat is the city .
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: municipality on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Ribeira Grande” and “Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Agostinho Neto Airport and Estádio João Serra.

Aerodrome
Photo: JeLuF, CC0.
The was an airport located near the town of on the northern tip of the island of , . The airport was named after Agostinho Neto, an Angolan politician who lived on the island during his exile. is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeira Grande Municipality.

Stadium
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is a multi-use stadium in . Its location is south of the urban area. It is near the foot of the island's northern mountains and is nearby a newly built urban area. is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeira Grande Municipality.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ribeira Grande and Ponta do Sol.

Town
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is the largest town of the Municipality on the island of , . It has become a city in 2010. In 2010 its population was 2,564.

Town
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is the northernmost city on the island of and . It is situated on the coast, 4 km northwest of and 20 km north of the island capital . is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeira Grande Municipality.

Village
is a settlement in the northeastern part of the island of , . It is situated on the coast, 4 kilometers east of and 18 km north-northeast of the island capital . is situated 3½ km east of Ribeira Grande Municipality.

Ribeira Grande Municipality

Latitude
17.1811° or 17° 10′ 52″ north
Longitude
-25.0661° or 25° 3′ 58″ west
Population
19,200
Elevation
615 metres (2,018 feet)
Open location code
799P5WJM+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183079139
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
3374274
Wiki­data ID
Q1355642
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Ribeira Grande Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሪቤይራ ግራንዴ”
  • Arabic: “ريبيرا غراندي”
  • Asturian: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Bengali: “রবিরা গ্র্যান্ডে”
  • Bengali: “রিবেইরা গ্র্যান্ডে”
  • Breton: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Catalan: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Cebuano: “Concelho da Ribeira Grande”
  • Chinese: “大里貝拉”
  • Chinese: “大里贝拉”
  • Chinese: “大里贝拉市镇”
  • Danish: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Dutch: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Finnish: “Ribeira Grande”
  • French: “Ribeira Grande”
  • French: “Riberia Grande”
  • Galician: “Ribeira Grande”
  • German: “CV-RG”
  • German: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Ριμπέιρα Γκράντε”
  • Gujarati: “રિબેરા ગ્રાન્ડે”
  • Hausa: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Hindi: “रिबेरा ग्रांडे”
  • Indonesian: “Ribeira Grande, Tanjung Verde”
  • Indonesian: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Italian: “contea di Ribeira Grande”
  • Italian: “Contea di Ribeira Grande”
  • Japanese: “リビエラ・グランデ基礎自治体”
  • Japanese: “リベイラ・グランデ”
  • Javanese: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Kannada: “ರಿಬೇರಿ ಗ್ರಾಂಡೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Рибейра-Гранде”
  • Kirghiz: “Рибейра-Гранде”
  • Korean: “히베이라그란드시”
  • Latvian: “Ribeiragrandi”
  • Lithuanian: “Ribeira Grandė”
  • Lithuanian: “Ribeira Grandės savivaldybė”
  • Malay: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Marathi: “रिबेरा ग्रांडे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Norwegian: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Oromo: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਿਬੇਇਰਾ ਗ੍ਰਾਂਡੇ”
  • Persian: “ریبیرا گرانده”
  • Persian: “شهرداری ریبیرا گرانده”
  • Polish: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Portuguese: “Concelho da Ribeira Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Município da Ribeira Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Povoação Velha”
  • Portuguese: “Povoação”
  • Portuguese: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Pushto: “ریبیرا ګرانده”
  • Romanian: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Russian: “Рибейра-Гранде”
  • Sinhala: “රිබෙයිරා ග්‍රන්ඩේ”
  • Somali: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Spanish: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Swahili: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Swedish: “Ribeira Grande, Kap Verde”
  • Swedish: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Tajik: “Рибейра-Гранде”
  • Tamil: “ரிபெய்ரா கிராண்டே”
  • Tatar: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Telugu: “రివియేరా గ్రాండ్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเบเนเวนโต”
  • Turkish: “Riberie GRande”
  • Ukrainian: “Рібейра-Гранде”
  • Urdu: “ریبئیرا گراندے، کیپ ورڈی”
  • Urdu: “ریبییرا جراندی”
  • Uzbek: “Ribeira Grande”
  • Vietnamese: “Ribeira Grande”

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