São Vicente
São Vicente is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West African coast. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mindelo.
Mindelo
Photo: Kogo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mindelo is on the island of São Vicente. Mindelo is the cultural capital of Cape Verde. You'll hear traditional music commonly played in bars and restaurants around town.
São Vicente
- Type: Island with 83,500 residents
- Description: island of Cape Verde
- Also known as: “Saint Vincent Island”, “São Vicente Island”, “São Vicente, Cape Verde”, and “St. Vincent Island”
- Categories: coastline and locality
- Location: São Vicente Municipality, Cape Verde, Africa
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Latitude of center
16.8495° or 16° 50′ 58″ northLongitude of center
-24.9723° or 24° 58′ 20″ westPopulation
83,500Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)IATA airport code
VXEOpenStreetMap ID
way 9884465OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wolof—“São Vicente” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساو فيسنتي، الرأس الأخضر”
- Arabic: “ساو فيسينتي”
- Armenian: “Սենթ Վինսենթ”
- Belarusian: “востраў Сан-Вісенты”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Сан-Вісенці”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Вісенты (востраў)”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Вісенты”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Вісэнці”
- Breton: “Enez São Vicente”
- Breton: “São Vicente”
- Catalan: “illa de São Vicente”
- Catalan: “Illa de São Vicente”
- Cebuano: “São Vicente Island”
- Chinese: “圣维森特岛”
- Chinese: “聖維森特”
- Chinese: “聖維森特島”
- Croatian: “São Vicente”
- Czech: “Ilha de São Vicente”
- Czech: “São Vicente”
- Danish: “São Vicente”
- Dutch: “São Vicente”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساو فيسينتى”
- Esperanto: “São Vicente”
- Estonian: “São Vicente”
- Finnish: “Sao Vicente”
- Finnish: “São Vicente”
- French: “Île São Vicente”
- French: “Sao Vicente”
- French: “São Vicente”
- Galician: “illa de São Vicente”
- German: “Sao Vicente”
- German: “São Vicente”
- Greek: “Νησί Σάο Βισέντε”
- Greek: “Νησί Σάο Βιτσέντε”
- Greek: “Σάο Βισέντε”
- Greek: “Σάο Βιτσέντε”
- Hebrew: “סאו ויסנטה”
- Hungarian: “São Vicente-sziget”
- Indonesian: “São Vicente, Tanjung Verde”
- Italian: “São Vicente”
- Japanese: “サン・ヴィセンテ島”
- Japanese: “サン・ヴィセンテ市”
- Japanese: “サン・ヴィセンテ自治体”
- Japanese: “サン・ビセンテ”
- Kabuverdianu: “San Bisenti”
- Kabuverdianu: “Sãu Visent”
- Kabuverdianu: “Sãusent”
- Korean: “상비센테 섬”
- Korean: “상비센트섬”
- Latin: “Sanctus Vincentius”
- Lithuanian: “San Visentės sala”
- Low German: “São Vicente”
- Luxembourgish: “São Vicente”
- Northern Frisian: “São Vicente (Kapwerden)”
- Northern Frisian: “São Vicente”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “São Vicente”
- Norwegian: “São Vicente”
- Persian: “سائو ویسنته، دماغه سبز”
- Persian: “سائو ویسنته، کیپ ورد”
- Polish: “São Vicente”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de São Vicente”
- Portuguese: “S. Vicente”
- Portuguese: “São Vicente”
- Russian: “остров Сан-Висенти”
- Russian: “Сан-Висенти”
- Serbo-Croatian: “São Vicente”
- Slovenian: “São Vicente”
- Spanish: “Isla de Sao Vicente”
- Spanish: “Isla de São Vicente”
- Swahili: “São Vicente (Cabo Verde)”
- Swahili: “São Vicente”
- Swedish: “São Vicente, Kap Verde”
- Swedish: “Sao Vicente”
- Swedish: “São Vicente”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Вісенте”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Вісенті”
- Urdu: “سآو ویسینتے، کیپ ورڈی”
- Vietnamese: “São Vicente, Cabo Verde”
- Vietnamese: “São Vicente”
- Wolof: “São Vicente”
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