Country Cape Verde | Island Santiago | |
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Weather 18°C, Wind NE at 27 km/h, 69% Humidity Municipality São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde Civil parish São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde | ||
Montanha is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 8 km southwest of Pedra Badejo and about 4 km northwest of João Teves. The area is intensively farmed; mainly maize, beans and sugar-cane.
The Orgãos rock formation which features some tall straight peaks that could once be volcanic plugs to its nearby volcanoes covers the area around Montanha and probably much of it, the formation could be around 4 million years old.
Mahogany trees
There are two African mahogany trees near the village of Banana (part of the settlement Montanha), standing at the bottom of the Ribeira Montanha valley, 400 m above sea level. The trees were identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support a colony of purple herons or Bourne's herons.