Cancelo
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Coordinates: 15°08′56″N 23°34′01″W / 15.149°N 23.567°WCoordinates: 15°08′56″N 23°34′01″W / 15.149°N 23.567°W | |
Country | Cape Verde |
Island | Santiago |
Municipality | Santa Cruz |
Civil parish | Santiago Maior |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 2,042 |
Cancelo is a settlement in the eastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated near the east coast, 4 km northwest of Pedra Badejo and 5 km southeast of Calheta de São Miguel. It is connected with the road linking Praia and the north of the island via Pedra Badejo.
About 3 km upstream is the Figueira Gordo dam and reservour constructed around 2013 and provides irrigation to the irrigated farms, the reservoir is nearly an s shaped. It is in the settlement of Figueira Gordo.
References
- ↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
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