São Domingos, Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Parishes | History | Politics

🇨🇻 São Domingos is a city in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is the seat of the São Domingos Municipality. It is situated 13 km south-east of Assomada and 13 km north-west of the capital Praia, along the national road from Praia to Assomada (EN1-ST01). The settlement appeared in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as St. Domingo.

The two major settlements in the Municipality (concelho) are São Domingos and Praia Baixo, São Domingos being the largest settlement in the area. Smaller settlements in the area include Água do Gato, Achada Banana and Rui Vaz, which is situated on the edge of a 1 km high cliff overlooking Ribeirão Galinha. While Rui Vaz and Praia Baixo are the main tourist draws in the area, tourism does not constitute a major factor in the region’s overwhelmingly agrarian economy.

Farmlands cover the eastern and the central parts, where runoff from the centre of the island allows a higher water table and loamier soils than the dense clays found on most of the island. Mountains dominate the western border, where the steep relief and lack of rainwater runoff makes large-scale agriculture impractical. Several dozen subsistence farming villages dot the main road leading towards Assomada, but produce negligible agricultural products for export.

Parishes The municipality consists of two parishes: • Nossa Senhora da Luz • São Nicolau Tolentino.

History The São Domingos municipality was created in 1994, when two parishes of the older Municipality of Praia were separated to become the Municipality of São Domingos.

Politics At the federal level, it belongs to the constituency of Santiago South.

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São Domingos has a population of over 2,818 people. São Domingos also forms part of the wider Santiago Island which has a population of over 294,135 people. São Domingos is situated 13 km north-west of Praia.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities São Domingos has links with:

🇵🇹 Barcelos, Portugal 🇪🇸 Bembibre, Spain
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Antipodal to São Domingos is: 156.437,-15.028

Locations Near: São Domingos -23.563,15.028

🇨🇻 Praia -23.521,14.923 d: 12.5  

🇨🇻 Mindelo -24.967,16.85 d: 252.1  

🇸🇳 Dakar -17.441,14.674 d: 659.2  

🇸🇳 Pikine -17.4,14.75 d: 663  

🇸🇳 Guédiawaye -17.394,14.776 d: 663.4  

🇸🇳 Rufisque -17.267,14.717 d: 677.5  

🇸🇳 M'bour -16.967,14.417 d: 712.6  

🇸🇳 Thiès -16.917,14.783 d: 714.7  

🇬🇲 Kanifing -16.681,13.443 d: 762.3  

🇬🇲 Serrekunda -16.678,13.435 d: 762.8  

Antipodal to: São Domingos 156.437,-15.028

🇸🇧 Honiara 159.95,-9.433 d: 19285.3  

🇦🇺 Mackay 149.184,-21.143 d: 18990.7  

🇵🇬 Buka 154.667,-5.417 d: 18929  

🇦🇺 Gladstone 151.25,-23.85 d: 18893.8  

🇦🇺 Rockhampton 150.504,-23.374 d: 18897.7  

🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 18901.5  

🇦🇺 Townsville 146.818,-19.258 d: 18890.4  

🇵🇬 Port Moresby 147.193,-9.459 d: 18835.5  

🇦🇺 Cairns 145.771,-16.923 d: 18855.8  

🇦🇺 Hervey Bay 152.855,-25.29 d: 18814.5  

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