Porto Formoso, Cape Verde

"For the parish in the Azores Islands, see Porto Formoso"

Porto Formoso (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: "Portu Furmozu") is a village situated at the north of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. The village is linked with the road linking Praia and Assomada which is approximately 60 km away from the capital.

Nearest places

*São Lourenço dos Órgãos, southeast
*Tarrafal, west

Geography

The area around Porto Formoso are made up of farmlands with some forests in the valley areas. Crops, groves and pastures covers the area. The mountains that are filled with grasslands, rocks and some forests with some farmlands in the hills covers the rest the municipality. The rocky coastline of the Atlantic consisting a few beaches is to the east.

Information

A part of the houses were built in the late-20th century, about 30 to 40% homes are built with mud and brick as well as stone which was common until the mid-20th century, about 60 to 70% uses steel reinforced concrete. The living standards are around the low to middle range as well as its income, one time, there were no money until the mid-20th century. The village is in the island's low to middle to upper class. Much of the population are farmers and are based in agriculture where banana plantations, pineapple, livestock and other crops including fruits and vegetables are common, the rest works in shops, ports and other businesses including its ports, services and markets, the remainder are fishers. Electricity as well as communications, other necessities and phone lines were introduced and serves many houses since the mid-20th century and serves much of the population.

Panorama

The panorama includes the mountains of the central and the northcentral parts of the island and a part of the area can see the Serra da Malagueta to the northwest.