Caleijão

Caleijão
Coordinates: 16°36′11″N 24°18′29″W / 16.603°N 24.308°W / 16.603; -24.308Coordinates: 16°36′11″N 24°18′29″W / 16.603°N 24.308°W / 16.603; -24.308
Country Cape Verde
Island São Nicolau
Municipality Ribeira Brava
Civil parish Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Population (2010)[1]
  Total 300

Caleijão is a settlement in the central part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km southwest of Ribeira Brava. Writer Baltasar Lopes da Silva was born in the village. Part of his novel Chiquinho is set in Caleijão.[2]

See also

References

  1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. "Chiquinho and Baltasar: Mark of Cape Verde's literature". Retrieved November 8, 2016.
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