Picos, Cape Verde

Picos
Picos
Settlement
	Picos
	Coordinates: 15°04′59″N 23°37′55″W / 15.083°N 23.632°WCoordinates: 15°04′59″N 23°37′55″W / 15.083°N 23.632°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Municipality	São Salvador do Mundo
Civil parish	São Salvador do Mundo
Population (2010)
• Total	986
ID	77102

Picos, also known as Achada Igreja, is a city^[2] in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is the seat of São Salvador do Mundo municipality. Picos is located 4 km southeast of Assomada and 23 km northwest of the capital city of Praia, near the national road from Praia to Tarrafal via Assomada (EN1-ST01).

Picos is surrounded by mountains, and lies about 4 km north of the highest peak of the island of Santiago, Pico de Antónia.

São Salvador do Mundo church

Town of Achada Igreja

History[]

Picos was the seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina between 1834 and 1859.^[3] In May 2005, the parish of São Salvador do Mundo was split from the municipality of Santa Catarina to become a separate municipality, and Picos became its seat.^[4]

References[]

^ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
^ Evolução histórica do Concelho de Santa Catarina (1834 – 1912), Ana Zenaida Gomes, 2005, p. 37-38
^ Lei nº 65/VI/2005, p. 43

External links[]

Plano comunal de São Salvador do Mundo (May 2009, p. 28) (in Portuguese)

[census10-1] "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.

[yearbook-2] Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33

[gomes-3] Evolução histórica do Concelho de Santa Catarina (1834 – 1912), Ana Zenaida Gomes, 2005, p. 37-38

[4] Lei nº 65/VI/2005, p. 43

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