Paul Municipality
Paul is a concelho of Cape Verde. Situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, it covers 7% of the island area, and is home to 16% of its population. Its seat is the town Pombas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: concelho of Cape Verde with 7,000 residents
- Description: municipality on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde
- Also known as: “Paul”, “Paul, Cape Verde”, and “Paul, Santo Antao”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pico da Cruz.
Pico da Cruz
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Quiebrajano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pico da Cruz is a mountain in the eastern part of the island of Santo Antão. Its elevation is 1585 m. It is 5 km southwest of the town Pombas. It gives its name to the nearby village of Pico da Cruz, part of the municipality of Paul.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pombas and Janela.
Pombas
Town
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Pombas is a city in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is the seat of the municipality Paul. It is situated on the coast, at the mouth of the Ribeira do Paul, 7 km southeast of Ribeira Grande and 15 km north of the island capital Porto Novo. Pombas is situated 3½ km north of Paul Municipality.
Janela
Village
Janela is a settlement in the eastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated on the Atlantic coast, 4 km southeast of Pombas and 14 km northeast of the island capital Porto Novo The central village, Pontinha, lies on a rocky peninsula.
Pico da Cruz
Village
Photo: Ainars Brūvelis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pico da Cruz is a settlement in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 138. It is situated 6 km southwest of Pombas and 10 km northeast of the island capital Porto Novo.
Paul Municipality
- Location: Cape Verde, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wolof—“Paul Municipality” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بول”
- Asturian: “Paul”
- Bengali: “পল”
- Breton: “Paul”
- Catalan: “Paul”
- Cebuano: “Concelho do Paul”
- Chinese: “保尔县”
- Chinese: “保爾縣”
- Danish: “Paul”
- Danish: “Paúl”
- Dutch: “Paul”
- Dutch: “Paúl”
- Finnish: “Paul”
- French: “Paul”
- German: “CV-PA”
- German: “Paul”
- Greek: “Δήμος Παούλ”
- Gujarati: “પોલ”
- Hindi: “पॉल”
- Indonesian: “Paul, Tanjung Verde”
- Indonesian: “Paul”
- Italian: “contea di Paul”
- Italian: “Contea di Paúl”
- Italian: “Paul”
- Italian: “Paúl”
- Japanese: “パウル (カーボベルデ)”
- Japanese: “パウル”
- Kannada: “ಪಾಲ್”
- Korean: “파울시”
- Latvian: “Paula”
- Lithuanian: “Paulio savivaldybė”
- Malay: “Paul”
- Malayalam: “പോൾ”
- Marathi: “पॉल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Paúl”
- Norwegian: “Paúl”
- Persian: “پل (دماغه سبز)”
- Persian: “پل”
- Polish: “Paúl”
- Portuguese: “Concelho do paul”
- Portuguese: “Município do paul”
- Portuguese: “Paul, Cabo Verde”
- Portuguese: “Paul”
- Portuguese: “Paúl”
- Romanian: “Paul”
- Romanian: “Paúl”
- Russian: “Пол”
- Sinhala: “පාවුළු”
- Spanish: “Paul”
- Swahili: “Paul, Cape Verde”
- Swedish: “Concelho do Paul”
- Tamil: “பால்”
- Telugu: “పాల్”
- Thai: “พอล”
- Turkish: “Paul”
- Ukrainian: “Поль”
- Urdu: “پال”
- Urdu: “پول، کیپ ورڈی”
- Vietnamese: “Paul”
- Wolof: “Paul (Kap Weer)”
- Wolof: “Paul”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ponta Ribeira do António and Pico da Cruz.
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