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Mindelo
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Mindelo, or Mindel in Capeverdean Crioulo, and Mindel' in São Vicente Crioulo, is a port town on the Cape Verde in the northern part of the island of São Vicente. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz.. Mindelo is also the seat of this island's municipality. It has a population of about 70,000 inhabitants (50,000 in the mid-1990s) and is the second largest city in Cape Verde right after Praia and before Santa Maria on the island of Sal (until the 1990s, São Filipe). The population is home to nearly 80% of the entire island's population. The town's deep-water port, Porto Grande which is connected with Baía de Mindelo or Mindelo Bay which was formed by an underwater crater of a volcano, is used for cruise ships and other commercial traffic. The port serves to one of the islands including Santo Antão during the late-morning to afternoon hours, and from Santo Antão during the morning and early-afternoon hours, the only ferry boat is named Mar d'Canal (Mar de Canal in Portuguese) and only carries 450 passengers and about a hundred cars and tens of trucks. The Ilhéu dos Pássaros which is 82 m above sea level and has a lighthouse.
The geography is surrounded by a tan-colored deforested mountain to the east and a smaller mountain to the north probably named Vigia. The urban sprawl reaches to the small mountain. Another mountain range named Monte Cara which is colored like chestnut and chocolate are to the south and has tens of mountaintops and are also deforested. A little lower is another urban sprawl named Lazareto which is much smaller and touches the lower parts of the mountain. The point to its northwest is called Morro Branco. The river named Ribeira Julião.
The town is also known for its colourful and animated carnaval celebrations. Carnaval has its roots in Portuguese traditions and has also absorbed some Brazilian characteristics.
There was a coal station in Mindelo in times of steam navigation by the British. Mindelo is a cosmopolitan city. At the shipping routes of Europe, South Africa, India, Australia and Africa and South America, Randall coal company was established. In the beginning of 1875, the firm named Cory Brothers plummeted coal prices which increased the number of ships to 669 per year in 1879. When more ports were built in Dakar, Senegal and in the Canary Islands, the number of ships declined but increased to serve about 2,000 ships per year in the 20th century. In 1952, the coal camps were eliminated as boats switched to diesel.
In 1885, Mindelo was the switching station for the first Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. In 1912, Mindelo became an important cable station in the world.
Mindelo became the cultural capital of the Portuguese-speaking country/state along with the Lusophone capital in 2003. Mindelo is also considered as the cultural capital of Cape Verde.
The geography is surrounded by a tan-colored deforested mountain to the east and a smaller mountain to the north probably named Vigia. The urban sprawl reaches to the small mountain. Another mountain range named Monte Cara which is colored like chestnut and chocolate are to the south and has tens of mountaintops and are also deforested. A little lower is another urban sprawl named Lazareto which is much smaller and touches the lower parts of the mountain. The point to its northwest is called Morro Branco. The river named Ribeira Julião.
The town is also known for its colourful and animated carnaval celebrations. Carnaval has its roots in Portuguese traditions and has also absorbed some Brazilian characteristics.
There was a coal station in Mindelo in times of steam navigation by the British. Mindelo is a cosmopolitan city. At the shipping routes of Europe, South Africa, India, Australia and Africa and South America, Randall coal company was established. In the beginning of 1875, the firm named Cory Brothers plummeted coal prices which increased the number of ships to 669 per year in 1879. When more ports were built in Dakar, Senegal and in the Canary Islands, the number of ships declined but increased to serve about 2,000 ships per year in the 20th century. In 1952, the coal camps were eliminated as boats switched to diesel.
In 1885, Mindelo was the switching station for the first Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. In 1912, Mindelo became an important cable station in the world.
Mindelo became the cultural capital of the Portuguese-speaking country/state along with the Lusophone capital in 2003. Mindelo is also considered as the cultural capital of Cape Verde.
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