Country Cape Verde Local time Sunday 4:56 AM Civil parish Maio, Cape Verde | Island Maio Municipality Maio, Cape Verde | |
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Weather 21°C, Wind NE at 27 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Morro (Cape Verdean Creole: Morr) is a settlement in the west of the island of Maio in Cape Verde. It is located 5 km north of the island capital Vila do Maio, it is also south of Calheta. As of the 2010 census, its population was 310.
Map of Morro, Cape Verde
The settlement is named after its nearby beach which is about 3 kilometers long, the beach forms a part of a nature reserve. Hotels and villas built in the 1990s and 2000s are in several portions of the beach.
Morro has its rock formation, deep inside it consists of sea chalk sediments dating from the Valanginian and Barremian age formed as late as 8 million years ago.
Football (soccer) club includes Morreirense.
References
Morro, Cape Verde Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA