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: “Cidade da Ribeira Grande”, “Cidade de Santiago”, “Cidade de Santiago de Cabo Verde”, “Old City”, “Ribeira Grande de Santiago”, “Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Cidade Velha)”, “Sidadi Velha”, “Sidadi Velja”, “Velha”, “Πόλη Βέλα”, “Рібейра-Гранді”, “Сьюдад Велья”, “სიდადე ველია”, and “հին քաղաք”
  • Postal code: 7629

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pelourinho and Nossa Senhora do Rosário church.

The is an important monument in the city…

Church
Nossa Senhora do Rosario church is a 15th century…

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salineiro and Calabaceira.

Village
is a village in the southern part of the island of , .

Village
is a village in the southern part of the island of , .

Village
is a settlement in the southern… 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
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yoruba—“Cidade Velha” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሲዳደ ቬልሃ”
  • Arabic: “سيدادي فيلها”
  • Armenian: “Սիդադի Վելյա”
  • Asturian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cidade Velha”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sidadi-Velya”
  • Bengali: “সিডাডে ভেলহা”
  • Catalan: “Cidade Velha”
  • Cebuano: “Cidade Velha”
  • Chechen: “Рибейра-Гранди”
  • Chinese: “舊城”
  • Chinese: “韋利亞城”
  • Chinese: “韦利亚城”
  • Croatian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Czech: “Cidade Velha”
  • Dagbani: “Cidade Velha”
  • Danish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Dutch: “Cidade Velha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيدادى فيلها”
  • Esperanto: “Cidade Velha”
  • Extremaduran: “Cidade Velha”
  • Finnish: “Cidade Velha”
  • French: “Cidade Velha”
  • Galician: “Cidade Velha”
  • Georgian: “სიდადე-ველია”
  • German: “Cidade Velha”
  • Greek: “Σιδάδε Βέλα”
  • Greek: “Σιδάδε Βέλια”
  • Hausa: “Cidade Velha”
  • Hebrew: “סידאדה וליה”
  • Hindi: “सिडेड वेल्हा”
  • Indonesian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Italian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Japanese: “シダーデ・ヴェーリャ”
  • Javanese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Kazakh: “Сидаде-Велья”
  • Kirghiz: “Сидаде-Велья”
  • Korean: “시다드벨랴”
  • Lithuanian: “Sidade Velja”
  • Low German: “Cidade Velha”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Macedonian: “Сидад Веља”
  • Malay: “Cidade Velha”
  • Maltese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Mingrelian: “სიდადე-ველია”
  • Nepali: “सिडाडे भेल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cidade Velha”
  • Norwegian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Oromo: “Cidade Velha”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਿਡੇਡ ਵੇਲਹਾ”
  • Persian: “سیداده ولها”
  • Persian: “سیدادو ولیا”
  • Polish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Pushto: “سیڈیڈ ویلہا”
  • Russian: “Сидаде Велья”
  • Russian: “Сидади-Велья”
  • Slovenian: “Cidade Velha”
  • Somali: “Cidade Velha”
  • Spanish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de Cabo Verde”
  • Swahili: “Cidade Velha”
  • Swedish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Tajik: “Сидаде-Велья”
  • Tatar: “Cidade Velha”
  • Tatar: “Рибейра-Гранди”
  • Thai: “ซีดาดึแวลยา”
  • Turkish: “Cidade Velha”
  • Ukrainian: “Сідаде-Велья”
  • Ukrainian: “Сідаде-Веля”
  • Urdu: “سٹیڈاد ویلھا”
  • Urdu: “سیڈیڈ ویلہا”
  • Uzbek: “Cidade Velha”
  • Vietnamese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Wolof: “Cidade Velha”
  • Yoruba: “Cidade Velha”
  • “Cidade Velha”

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