Country Cape Verde Municipality Ribeira Grande Civil parish Nossa Senhora do Rosário | Island Santo Antão Local time Wednesday 3:23 PM | |
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Ribeira Grande is the largest town of the Ribeira Grande Municipality on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated near the outflow of the river Ribeira Grande into the Atlantic Ocean, in the northeastern part of the island. Neighborhoods include Tarrafal de Ribeira Grande and Penha de França. Ribeira Grande serves as an intersection with roads connecting to Ponta do Sol, to the caldera near Pico da Cruz and Fontainhas with the north of the land and Paúl and Porto Novo along with the rest of the island which opened in around 2006.
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Map of Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
The settlement was founded around the mid 17th century by people from the islands of Santiago and Fogo and some people from northern Portugal. The settlement was elevated to a town in 1732.
Its earlier buildings are built with Portuguese colonial architecture. The church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário is the parish church.
Notable people includes chemist Roberto Duarte Silva, poet Manuel de Novas, and José Luís de Jesus, former foreign minister and president of ITLOS (International Tribune of the Law of the Sea).
Sports
Sporting clubs, largely football (soccer) include Beira Mar and Rosariense Clube, the other serves the whole parish.