Sinagoga
Sinagoga | |
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Settlement | |
Coordinates: 17°10′41″N 25°01′55″W / 17.178°N 25.032°W | |
Country | Cape Verde |
Island | Santo Antão |
Municipality | Ribeira Grande |
Civil parish | Nossa Senhora do Rosário |
Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 603 |
ID | 11106 |
Sinagoga is a settlement in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated on the coast, 4 kilometers east of Ribeira Grande and 18 km north-northeast of the island capital Porto Novo. It is situated on the national road connecting Ribeira Grande and Pombas (EN1-SA02).
Its name means "synagogue" in Portuguese. The village was founded by Jewish Miguelist immigrants from the Azores who came to Santa Antao in aftermath of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.[2] Surnames of Jewish origin can still be found in the area.[3]
Climate
[edit]Sinagoga has a hot desert climate. The annual rainfall is 291 millimeters. The average annual temperature is 23.4 °C (74.1 °F).[4]
Climate data for Sinagoga, 0 metres ASL | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.3 (77.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.4 (74.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.5 (70.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 14 (0.6) | 5 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (0.4) | 44 (1.7) | 128 (5.0) | 44 (1.7) | 26 (1.0) | 18 (0.7) | 291 (11.3) |
Source: [4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
- ^ Brooks, George E. (2006). "Cabo Verde: Gulag of the South Atlantic: Racism, Fishing Prohibitions, and Famines". History in Africa. 33: 131. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Aldeia de Sinagoga em Santo Antão, Isa Lima Fernandes, 2005, p. 20-21
- ^ a b Climate-Data.ORG