Sotavento Islands (yellow) within Cape VerdeSotavento Islands
The Sotavento Islands (Portuguese: Ilhas de Sotavento, literally, the Leeward Islands) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago.[1] There are four main islands. The western three islands, Brava, Fogo and Santiago, are rocky and volcanic agricultural islands, with the longest histories of human habitation. The fourth and easternmost island Maio is a flat desert island whose economy was primarily based on salt, giving it more in common with the Barlavento islands Sal and Boa Vista. The Ilhéus do Rombo are barren islets north of Brava. The total area of the Sotavento Islands is 1,803 km2 (696 sq mi).[1]
^ abValor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 58-59
/ 15.000; -24.000 The SotaventoIslands (Portuguese: Ilhas de Sotavento, literally, the Leeward Islands) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde...
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The Barlavento Islands (windward islands): Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista; and The SotaventoIslands (leeward): Maio...
lightly-hilled, desert islands whose economies were based on salt and rely on fishing and tourism, having more in common with the Sotaventoisland Maio. The total...
consists of 10 islands and several islets, divided into two groups: Barlavento (windward) islandsSotavento (leeward) islands The islands in the Barlavento...
of Cape Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the SotaventoIslands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality. Praia...
Martins Santo Antão: Luís Romano Madeira de Melo The Sotavento Creoles are spoken in the SotaventoIslands. Some characteristics: The imperfective aspect of...
Islands and the Leeward Islands. The early Spanish explorers called Puerto Rico and the islands to the west Sotavento, meaning "leeward". The islands...
archipelago consists of ten islands and five islets, divided into the windward (Barlavento) and leeward (Sotavento) groups. The six islands in the Barlavento group...
areas: the southern leeward islands known as the SotaventoIslands and the windward islands known as the Barlavento Islands in the north; Santo Antão,...
the Cape of Good Hope. At Maio, the easternmost of the Cape Verde's Sotaventoislands, Every committed his first piracy, robbing three English merchantmen...
Las Bobas Aves de Sotavento, the western group, with Isla Maceta, a large mangrove-covered cay in the south. Isla Aves de Sotavento Isla Larga Cayo Tirra...
club Sporting CP and the Cape Verde national team. Born in Assomada, SotaventoIslands, Cabral joined Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 16 from Grémio...
another large, herbivorous skink that is endemic to the southern SotaventoIslands of Cape Verde. The transparent lower eyelid may have been an adaptation...
regular flights between the major islands (Santiago, Sal and São Vicente), with less frequent flights to the other islands. Boat transportation is available...
and Sotavento (leeward) in the Cape Verde Islands Downstream and upstream Foehn wind Lee shore List of nautical terms Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, also...
winner as the winner of the SotaventoIslands was undecided to challenge Mindelense, the winner of the Barlavento Islands 1979 : No competition held 1980 :...
Catholic Church in Cape Verde. It covers the islands of Maio, Santiago, Fogo, and Brava (the SotaventoIslands). Its cathedra is within the Pró-catedral...
represented prince Henry the Navigator. By 1460, the Barlavento and SotaventoIslands were completely charted through efforts of Diogo Afonso, Diogo Gomes...
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