Sotavento Islands
Island group of the Cape Verde archipelago
15°00′N 24°00′W / 15.000°N 24.000°W / 15.000; -24.000
The Sotavento Islands ( Portuguese : Ilhas de Sotavento , literally, the Leeward Islands ) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago . [1] There are four main islands. The western three islands, Brava , Fogo and Santiago , are rocky and volcanic agricultural islands, with the longest histories of human habitation. The fourth and easternmost island Maio is a flat desert island whose economy was primarily based on salt , giving it more in common with the Barlavento islands Sal and Boa Vista . The Ilhéus do Rombo are barren islets north of Brava. The total area of the Sotavento Islands is 1,803 km 2 (696 sq mi) . [1]
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- 1 2 Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia , Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 58-59
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