Caleijão

Settlement in São Nicolau, Cape Verde
16°36′11″N 24°18′29″W / 16.603°N 24.308°W / 16.603; -24.308CountryCape VerdeIslandSão NicolauMunicipalityRibeira BravaCivil parishNossa Senhora do RosárioPopulation
 (2010)[1]
 • Total300ID31206

Caleijão is a settlement in the central part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km southwest of Ribeira Brava. Writer Baltasar Lopes da Silva was born in the village. Part of his novel Chiquinho is set in Caleijão.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Chiquinho and Baltasar: Mark of Cape Verde's literature". Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.