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Key facts
- Location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Coordinates
- 17°04′12″N 25°10′16″W / 17.070°N 25.171°W / 17.070; -25.171
- Area
- 785 km (303 sq mi)
- Length
- 42.8 km (26.59 mi)
- Width
- 24.0 km (14.91 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 1,979 m (6493 ft)
- Highest point
- Tope de Coroa
- Concelhos municipalities
- Paul , Porto Novo , Ribeira Grande
- Largest settlement
- Porto Novo
- Population
- 38,200 (2019)
- Pop density
- 48.66/km (126.03/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Barlavento Islands
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Located in
- Paul
- Population
- 47124
- Area
- 787
- Elevation
- 1175
- Time zone
- UTC−01:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Highest point
- Topo da Coroa
- Image
- Coastline Santo Antao.JPG
- Width
- 20
- Length
- 40
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- Santo Antão (Cape Verde)
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- Category:Santo Antão, Cape Verde
- located in/on physical feature
- Cape Verde
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Encyclopedic overview
Santo Antão (Portuguese for "Saint Anthony") is the northwesternmost island of Cape Verde. At 785 km (303 sq mi), it is the largest of the Barlavento Islands group, and the second largest island of Cape Verde. The nearest island is São Vicente to the southeast, separated by the sea channel Canal de São Vicente. Its population was 38,200 in mid 2019, making it the fourth most populous island of Cape Verde after Santiago, São Vicente and Sal. Its largest city is Porto Novo located on the southern coast (population 9,310 in 2010).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santo Antão” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.