Ribeira da Prata

Ribeira da Prata is a town[2] in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde belonging to the municipality of Tarrafal. In 2010 its population was 1,009. It was mentioned as Rivera de Prata in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[3]

For the village on the island of São Nicolau, see Ribeira Prata.
Ribeira da Prata
Settlement
Coordinates: 15.229°N 23.745°W / 15.229; -23.745
CountryCape Verde
IslandSantiago
MunicipalityTarrafal
Civil parishSanto Amaro Abade
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total1,009
ID71117

References
  1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
  3. Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
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