Cape Verde
Santiago
Ribeira Grande de Santiago Municipality

Cidade Velha

Cidada Velha is a city on the island of , . It is the oldest European city in the Tropics. This is an easy half-day trip from although there probably won't be enough interest to keep you there any longer.
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  • Type: Town with 3,320 residents
  • Description: oldest settlement in Cape Verde, and former capital of the territory
  • Also known as: “Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Cidade Velha)” and “Velha”
  • Postal code: 7629

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pelourinho and Nossa Senhora do Rosário church.

Photo: Balou46, CC BY 4.0.
The is an important monument in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of . The historic centre of Cidade Velha is an UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2009.

Church
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Nossa Senhora do Rosario church is a 15th century church in the town of Cidade Velha on the , . It is located in the northwest of the town, near the right bank of the stream Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

Church
Photo: Xandu, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calabaceira and Salineiro.

Village
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the southern part of the island of , . It is part of the municipality . In 2010 its population was 366.

Village
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the southern part of the island of , . It is part of the municipality of . In 2010 its population was 1,113.

Village
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement in the southern part of the island of , , and part of the municipality . is situated 4 km east of Cidade Velha.

Cidade Velha

Latitude
14.9159° or 14° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-23.6048° or 23° 36′ 17″ west
Population
3,320
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
796RW98W+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253790761
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3374725
Wiki­data ID
Q464913
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Cidade Velha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيدادي فيلها”
  • Armenian: “հին քաղաք”
  • Armenian: “Սիդադի Վելյա”
  • Asturian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sidadi-Velya”
  • Catalan: “Cidade Velha”
  • Cebuano: “Cidade Velha”
  • Chechen: “Рибейра-Гранди”
  • Chinese: “旧城”
  • Chinese: “舊城”
  • Croatian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Czech: “Cidade Velha”
  • Dagbani: “Cidade Velha”
  • Danish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Dutch: “Cidade Velha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيدادى فيلها”
  • Esperanto: “Cidade Velha”
  • Finnish: “Cidade Velha”
  • French: “Cidade Velha”
  • Galician: “Cidade Velha”
  • Georgian: “სიდადე ველია”
  • Georgian: “სიდადე-ველია”
  • German: “Cidade Velha”
  • Greek: “Πόλη Βέλα”
  • Greek: “Σιδάδε Βέλα”
  • Greek: “Σιδάδε Βέλια”
  • Hausa: “Cidade Velha”
  • Hebrew: “סידאדה וליה”
  • Italian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Japanese: “シダーデ・ヴェーリャ”
  • Korean: “시다드벨랴”
  • Lithuanian: “Sidade Velja”
  • Lithuanian: “Sidadi Velja”
  • Low German: “Cidade Velha”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Macedonian: “Сидад Веља”
  • Maltese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Mingrelian: “სიდადე-ველია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cidade Velha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sidadi Velha”
  • Norwegian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Persian: “سیدادو ولیا”
  • Polish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade da Ribeira Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Santiago”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Russian: “Рибейра-Гранди”
  • Russian: “Сидаде Велья”
  • Russian: “Сидади-Велья”
  • Russian: “Сьюдад Велья”
  • Spanish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de Cabo Verde”
  • Swedish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Tatar: “Рибейра-Гранди”
  • Turkish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Ukrainian: “Рібейра-Гранді”
  • Ukrainian: “Сідаде-Велья”
  • Ukrainian: “Сідаде-Веля”
  • Vietnamese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Wolof: “Cidade Velha”
  • Yoruba: “Cidade Velha”

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