Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde

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Ponta do Sol
Statistics
Island:	Santo Antão
Municipality:	Ribeira Grande
Parish:	N/A
Population:	4,064 (2005) Ranked 12th (community) in Cape Verde
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean 5 m southern part
Postal code:	CV-900?-->
Area/distance code:	22x-xxxx

Ponta do Sol (Portuguese for the "point of the sun") is the small fishing town situated in the northern part of the island municipality of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. The town is the 12th largest city in Cape Verde and is one of the few cities in Cape Verde that it is larger than the municipal capital. The is located about north of Porto Novo and northwest of Paul and Ribeira Grande and are linked with two main roads including one to Porto Novo. It sits near a cape of the same name and the mountains and the hills middle-class in Cape Verde.

The street system are grid runnind southwest to northeast and northwest to southeast. The urban area are within the harbor. Agriculture were the dominant industry until the 1990s and still a part of the population remains in agriculture. Businesses arrive along with an island airport located about 400 m northwest is the westernmost airport in Africa serving the islands of São Vicente and Santiago, the runway is only one kilometre. Four-storey hotels and apartments cover a stretch lies in the southern sprawl, restaurants, bars and a couple of more hotels are within its two main streets. Housing which led to a boom in population between 1990 and 2000 arrived in the 1990s and continues to this day. The bluffs and cliffs dominate the southwest.The town is growing with houses and tourist places.

[edit] Historical population

Year	Population	Change	Density
1990 (June 23, Census)	1,505	-	-
2000 (June 16, Census)	4,029	-	-
2005 (January 1, Computing)	4,064	-	-

[edit] Other

Ponta do Sol has a schools or collegiates, a middle school, a secondary school, churches, banks and a few squares praças.