Eito

Eito
Coordinates: 17°08′35″N 25°01′26″W / 17.143°N 25.024°W / 17.143; -25.024Coordinates: 17°08′35″N 25°01′26″W / 17.143°N 25.024°W / 17.143; -25.024
Country Cape Verde
Island Santo Antão
Municipality Paul
Civil parish Santo António das Pombas
Population (2010)[1]
  Total 979

Eito is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated 1 km southwest of Pombas and 15 km northeast of the island capital Porto Novo. Its name refers to a large quantity of agricultural land or large or extended land in the area as much of the land is agricultural and mountainous. The village forms a part of Cova-Ribeira da Torre-Paul Natural Park.[2]

Population

Sporting club

Its only sporting club is Os Foguetões which is a football (soccer) club for the area and the upper part of the valley. Another sports club covering the Paul Valley that includes the village is Irmãos Unidos da Juventude

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.