Sotavento Islands

E380099

The Sotavento Islands are the southern, leeward subgroup of Cape Verde’s archipelago, known for their dry climate, beaches, and the country’s capital city, Praia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sotavento Islands canonical 24
Sotavento Islands group 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago subgroup
island group
administrativeDivisionOf Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Republic of Cabo Verde
climate arid
semi-arid
containsCity Praia
containsIsland Brava
Fogo
Maio
Santiago
containsIsletGroup Ilhéus do Rombo
coordinateSystem uses geographic coordinates
country Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde
etymology Portuguese for "leeward"
hasCapitalCity Praia
hasHighestPoint Pico do Fogo
hasLargestIsland Santiago
hasMajorPortCity Praia
hasMember Brava
Fogo
Ilhéus do Rombo
Maio
Santiago
knownFor beaches
containing the capital city Praia
dry climate
languageUsed Cape Verdean Creole
Portuguese
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Macaronesia
Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
opposedTo Barlavento Islands
partOf Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde
regionType southern Cape Verde islands
relativeLocation leeward subgroup of Cape Verde
southern subgroup of Cape Verde
sea Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
sovereignState Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde
subgroupOf Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde archipelago
timeZone Cape Verde Time
surface form: Cabo Verde Time
tourismType beach tourism
volcano tourism
UTCOffset UTC−01:00

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Praia locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Maio locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Maio belongsToDistrict Sotavento Islands
this entity surface form: Sotavento Islands group
Brava partOf Sotavento Islands
Fogo partOf Sotavento Islands
Pico do Fogo locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Santiago partOf Sotavento Islands
Badiu Creole spokenIn Sotavento Islands
Fogo (Cape Verde) partOf Sotavento Islands
Brava (Cape Verde) locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Maio (Cape Verde) locatedIn Sotavento Islands
subject surface form: Maio
Cidade do Maio locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Calheta locatedIn Sotavento Islands
subject surface form: Calheta (Maio)
Calheta belongsToIslandGroup Sotavento Islands
subject surface form: Calheta (Maio)
Morro region Sotavento Islands
Ribeira Dom João partOf Sotavento Islands
Pedro Vaz locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Pilão Cão locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Praia Gonçalo locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Porto Inglês locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Maio Municipality locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Nova Sintra locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Monte Fontainhas locatedIn Sotavento Islands
Fajã d’Água locatedIn Sotavento Islands