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.
  • Town with about 1,160 residents
  • Description: oldest settlement in Cape Verde, and former capital of the territory
  • Postal code: 7629
  • Also known as
    “Old City”
    “Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Cidade Velha)”
    “Velha”

Places of Interest

Discover Pelourinho and Nossa Senhora do Rosário church.
The is an important monument in the city…
Nossa Senhora do Rosario church is a 15th century…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salineiro and Calabaceira.
is a village in the southern part of the island of , .
is a village in the southern part of the island of , .
is a settlement in the southern…
4 km east of Cidade Velha
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Latitude
14.9159° or 14° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-23.6048° or 23° 36′ 17″ west
Open location code
796RW98W+83
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yoruba—“Cidade Velha” goes by many names.
ሲዳደ ቬልሃAmharic
سيدادي فيلهاArabic
հին քաղաքArmenian
Սիդադի ՎելյաArmenian
Cidade VelhaAsturian
Cidade VelhaAzerbaijani
Sidadi-VelyaAzerbaijani
সিডাডে ভেলহাBengali
Cidade VelhaCatalan
Cidade VelhaCebuano
Рибейра-ГрандиChechen
舊城Chinese
韋利亞城Chinese
韦利亚城Chinese
Cidade VelhaCroatian
Cidade VelhaCzech
Cidade VelhaDagbani
Cidade VelhaDanish
Cidade VelhaDutch
سيدادى فيلهاEgyptian Arabic
Cidade VelhaEsperanto
Cidade VelhaExtremaduran
Cidade VelhaFinnish
Cidade VelhaGalician
სიდადე-ველიაGeorgian
Πόλη ΒέλαGreek
Σιδάδε ΒέλαGreek
Σιδάδε ΒέλιαGreek
Cidade VelhaHausa
סידאדה וליהHebrew
सिडेड वेल्हाHindi
Cidade VelhaIndonesian
Cidade VelhaItalian
シダーデ・ヴェーリャJapanese
Cidade VelhaJavanese
Сидаде-ВельяKazakh
Сидаде-ВельяKirghiz
시다드벨랴Korean
Sidade VeljaLithuanian
Sidadi VeljaLithuanian
Cidade VelhaLow German
Cidade VelhaLuxembourgish
Сидад ВељаMacedonian
Cidade VelhaMalay
Cidade VelhaMaltese
სიდადე-ველიაMingrelian
सिडाडे भेल्हाNepali
Cidade VelhaNorwegian
Cidade VelhaNorwegian Bokmål
Sidadi VelhaNorwegian Bokmål
Cidade VelhaOromo
ਸਿਡੇਡ ਵੇਲਹਾPanjabi
سیداده ولهاPersian
سیدادو ولیاPersian
Cidade VelhaPolish
Рибейра-ГрандиRussian
Сидаде ВельяRussian
Сидади-ВельяRussian
Сьюдад ВельяRussian
Cidade VelhaSlovenian
Cidade VelhaSomali
Cidade VelhaSwahili
Cidade VelhaSwedish
Сидаде-ВельяTajik
Cidade VelhaTatar
Рибейра-ГрандиTatar
ซีดาดึแวลยาThai
Cidade VelhaTurkish
Рібейра-ГрандіUkrainian
Сідаде-ВельяUkrainian
Сідаде-ВеляUkrainian
سٹیڈاد ویلھاUrdu
سیڈیڈ ویلہاUrdu
Cidade VelhaUzbek
Cidade VelhaVietnamese
Cidade VelhaWolof
Cidade VelhaYoruba

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as São Sebastião and São Roque.
“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

Santiago: Highlights

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