João Ribeira

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João Ribeira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Jon Ribéra, also in the São Vicente Crioulo: Jon Ribeira) is a cape located in the island of São Vicente nearly 3 km north of the island capital of Mindelo. The point is accessed with an earthened road that link with Mindelo. The cape divides the Canal de São Vicente and the Mindelo Bay, the nearby islet of Ilhéu dos Passaros is approximately 600 to 800 m to the west-southwest. The line is from southeast to northwest.

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[edit] Geography and Information

The cape's soil colour are light brown, tan red and rarely brown and is made up of rocky ledges that are treacherous and elevated up to around 100 m in height. The mountains surround the cape and features a lighthouse. Bushes are a trace in the area and are unsuitabel for vegetation due to the dry climate.

Near the cape is an abandoned military camp used by the Portuguese during the Portuguese rule until 1975 and has several buildings that are now a monument. The monument also features an old cannon.

[edit] Panorama

The promontory offers a panoramic view of the island of Santo Antão and the Atlantic Ocean, it also offers breathtaking views of around the cape, much of the city of Mindelo as well as the town of Lazareto, the hills and the mountains of the central and the southern parts of the island including Caixa, the island's widest valley, Monte Cara and its mountain ranges and Ilhéu dos Passaros to the west.

[edit] Nearby places

[edit] Nearby promontory

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The island of São Vicente and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements
Baía das Gatas | Calhau | Lazareto | Limeirão | Madeiral | Mato Inglês | Mindelo | Salamansa | São Pedro | Seixal
Parishes
Nossa Senhora da Luz
Mountains
Caixa | Monte Cara | Monte Verde
Streams
Ribeira do Calhau | Ribeira do Julião | Ribeira da Viana
Other geographical features
Baía das Gatas | Boca da Lapa | Fateixa | Flamengos | Flamenguinhos | Foya Branca | João Evora | João Ribeira | Monte São João | Montona | Morro Branco (point) | Palha Carga | Pico do Vento | Porto Grande | Praia Grande | Saragaça | Selada da Baleia | Viana
Cape Verde | Sotavento | São Vicente