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Country
  
Cape Verde

Island
  
Santo Antão

Santo Crucifixo

Municipality
  
Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde

Santo Crucifixo is a freguesia (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the southern part of the municipality of Ribeira Grande, on the island of Santo Antão. The seat of the parish is Coculi.

The parish area includes much of Ribeira Grande and all of Ribeira de Chã das Pedras.

Its football (soccer) club for the parish is named Santo Crucifixo and is part of the Santo Antão Island Championships, the club first participated in 2015 and was promoted into the Premier Division in 2016.

Settlements

The freguesia consists of the following settlements, its population was of the 2010 census:

  • Boca de Ambas Ribeiras (pop: 155)
  • Boca de Coruja (pop: 504)
  • Boca de João Afonso (pop: 166)
  • Caibros (pop: 685)
  • Chã de Pedras (pop: 1,266)
  • Coculi (pop: 901)
  • Corda (pop: 833)
  • Figueiral (pop: 736)
  • João Afonso (pop: 603)
  • Lagoinha (pop: 181) - formerly Lagoa being near to avoid confusion with the one in Porto Novo and Ribeira Grande
  • Lombo de Santa (pop: 298)
  • Ribeirão (pop: 436)

    • References

    Santo Crucifixo Wikipedia
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