Country Cape Verde Municipality Paul, Cape Verde | Island Santo Antão Civil parish Paul, Cape Verde | |
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Weather 24°C, Wind NE at 39 km/h, 56% Humidity | ||
Pombas (Cape Verdean Creole: Pónbas) is a town in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is the seat of the municipality Paul. It is situated on the coast, at the mouth of the Ribeira do Paul, 6 kilometres (4 miles) southeast of Ribeira Grande and 15.2 kilometres (9.4 miles) north of the island capital Porto Novo. Other distance is nearly 290 kilometres (180 miles) northwest of the capital, Praia. The village is named after the nearby slope feature Faj das Pombas and is near Ribeira do Paul.
The village is on the road linking Ribeira Grande, Paul and Porto Novo via the easternmost point which opened in 2009. The urban center are made up of several colonial style buildings, the San António (Saint Anthony) church located above sea level
Once a town, the town was elevated to a city in 2010.
Demographics
The population grew between 1991 and 2005, recently most of the population especially rural either moved to Mindelo, some moved to Porto Novo or Praia.