| Santo Antônio Santu Antônu |
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| Island: | Maio |
| Municipality: | Maio |
| Distance from the island capital of Vila do Inglês: | about 25 km northeeast |
| Altitude: Lowest: Centre: Highest |
Atlantic Ocean (east) around 25 to 30 m Monte Penoso (west) |
Santo Antônio (Portuguese meaning Saint Anthony, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Santo Antônio , São Vicente Crioulo: Sant' Antônio) is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Maio. The village is around 35 km northeast of the island capital of Vila do Inglês and it is linked with the road encircling the island.
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The village is located in the northeastern part of the island and is situated in the dry desert climate and it receives little or no precipitation annually. Farmlands are nearly unavailable and are mainly of cattle and rarely some fruit productions and are nearly the size of the football field and its only has about tens of farms, many foodstuffs are received from the northern and the southern parts of the nation. The mountain lies to the south and north and does not succeed about 300 m in the highest elevation, the plateau in the middle and the Terra Salgadas plain to the west and west. Several remote roads cover the area but in low number to a point where it accesses some mountains.
The village is in the island's low class. Most of the houses are built with stone and concrete, several houses are built with either steel reinforced concrete or with stone and wood, a few homes are made up of mud and brick. Much of its population are farmers and are based in agriculture. The area received no income until the mid to late-20th century and is the island's poorest settlement. However, a part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances arrived in the late-20th century in the area as well as phone lines. A part of the necessities also comes from the island capital.
Its panorama includes the mountains of the north and the central parts of the island including Monte Penoso, the northern half of the island and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east and the west in higher areas.
| The island of Maio and the surrounding islands |
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