Mindelo (Cape Verde)
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 53 ′ N , 24 ° 59 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Cape Verde | ||
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Ilhas de Barlavento | ||
| District | Sao Vicente | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CV-SV | ||
| Residents | 76,107 (2010) | ||
 Mindelo on the island of São Vicente
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Mindelo on the island of São Vicente ( Cape Verde ) is the second largest city in the Cape Verde Islands with 76,107 inhabitants (2010).
The port, which was an important supply station on the transatlantic routes from 1850, now serves as a landing point for cruise ships . Mindelo is known for its colorful carnival , which is reminiscent of the Brazilian carnival.
Mindelo is considered by some to be the cultural capital of Cape Verde.
geography
The city is located in the northwest of the island of São Vicente on the bay of Mindelo, a crater with a diameter of about 4 km. In Monte Cara opposite the city you can see a figure lying on its back with its head on the right.
history
With the beginning of steam shipping , the British made the port of Mindelo a supply station for coal . At the intersection of the routes Europe-South Africa-India-Australia and Africa-South America, the Randall company built a coal storage facility . Starting in 1875, the settlement of the company Cory Brothers led to significantly lower coal prices and the number of ships calling at Mindelo rose rapidly to 669 in 1879. With the expansion of the ports of Dakar (Senegal) and on the Canary Islands , the port's importance decreased temporarily; however, it grew again at the beginning of the 20th century to 2,000 ships per year. In 1952 the coal stores were abandoned because the ships were switched to diesel operation.
In 1885 a switching station for the first transatlantic telegraph cable was built in Mindelo , in 1912 Mindelo was the most important cable station in the Atlantic, where nine cables converged.
In 2003 Mindelo was the cultural capital of the Portuguese-speaking countries . In the same year Pope Benedict XVI. the Roman Catholic diocese of Mindelo was established.
Attractions
- Palácio de Povo (former governor's palace, now a museum with changing exhibitions)
- Paços do Concelho (City Hall)
- Centro Nacional de Artesanato (Arts and Crafts House )
Sports
The soccer club CS Mindelense , founded in 1919, is the Cape Verdean record champion. He welcomes his guests to the 5,000-seat urban Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena . Other clubs in the city also play here. These include the three-time champions Derby FC , Batuque FC , founded in 1981 , and the Académico de Mindelo , a subsidiary of the Portuguese club Académica de Coimbra founded in 1940 , which was champion twice before and once after independence in 1975.
The basketball department of the Académico from Mindelo was last national champion in 2014 (as of 2015) .
Town twinning
Mindelo has twinned cities with the following Portuguese cities:
- Coimbra , since 1994
- Mafra , since 1999
- Porto , since 1992
- Vila do Conde , since 1998
Sons and daughters
- Sergio Frusoni (1901–1975), poet
- António Aurélio Gonçalves (1901–1984), writer
- João Cleofas Martins (1901–1970), author, photographer and humorist
- Manuel Lopes (1907-2005), writer, co-founder of Claridade magazine
- Ovídio Martins (1928–1999), poet
- Mesquitela Lima (1929–2007), anthropologist and writer
- Bana (1932-2013), singer
- Corsino Fortes (1933–2015), poet and politician
- Onésimo Silveira (* 1935), politician and writer
- Cesária Évora (1941–2011), Morna singer
- Carlos Veiga (* 1949), Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1991 to 2000
- Jorge Carlos Fonseca (* 1950), politician, President of Cape Verde since 2011
- Tito Paris (* 1963), singer and guitarist
- Daniel Batista Lima (* 1964), soccer coach and former player
- Fredson Tavares ( Fock , * 1982), soccer player, Cape Verdean national goalkeeper
- Josimar Dias ( Vozinha , * 1986), football player
Mesquitela Lima (left), 2005 in Angola
Cesária Évora (2009)
Jorge Carlos Fonseca (2019)
Tito Paris with Daniela Mercury (2010)
Daniel Batista Lima in the jersey of Olympiacos Piraeus (around 1994)
Fredson Tavares ( Fock ) in the national jersey (2013)
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Mindelo
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Web links
- French website dedicated to Mindelo
- Manuel de Novas: Quem ca conchê Mindelo, Ca conché Cabo-Verde (Portuguese)
- Capital Lusófona 2003 (Portuguese)
proof
- ↑ Overview of the Mindelo football clubs at www.fussballzz.de, accessed on October 25, 2015
- ↑ Municipios Portugueses - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas: Coimbra
- ↑ Municipios Portugueses - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas: Mafra
- ↑ Municipios Portugueses - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas: Porto
- ↑ Municipios Portugueses - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas: Vila do Conde