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Key facts
- Location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Area
- 226.7 km (87.5 sq mi)
- Length
- 24.3 km (15.1 mi)
- Width
- 16.3 km (10.13 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 744 m (2441 ft)
- Highest point
- Monte Verde
- Municipality
- São Vicente
- Largest settlement
- Mindelo
- Population
- 81,014 (2015)
- Pop density
- 357/km (925/sq mi)
- Official website
- www .cmsv .cv
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Barlavento Islands
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Located in
- São Vicente
- Capital
- Mindelo
- Population
- 83467
- Area
- 227
- Elevation
- 248
- Time zone
- UTC−01:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Highest point
- Monte Verde, Cape Verde
- Image
- Calhau.jpg
- Width
- 22
- Length
- 18
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- Commons category
- São Vicente (Cape Verde)
- topic's main category
- Category:São Vicente, Cape Verde
- located in/on physical feature
- Cape Verde
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Encyclopedic overview
São Vicente (Portuguese for "Saint Vincent"; Cape Verdean Creole: Sanvisenti) 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.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “São Vicente” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.