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Cuíto, formerly known as Silva Porto, is a city and municipality in central Angola, capital of Bié Province. The municipality had a population of 450,881 in 2014. [ 1 ] Projected to be the tenth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.56% growth.
Porto Santo Island (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ˈsɐ̃tu] ⓘ) is a Portuguese island and municipality 43 kilometres (27 mi) northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.
Bartolomeu Perestrello (Portuguese pronunciation: [baɾtuluˈmew pɨɾɨʃˈtɾelu], in Italian Bartolomeo Perestrello), 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo (c. 1395 – 1457) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer that is claimed to have discovered and populated Porto Santo Island (1419) together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira. [1]
Ilhéu de Cima is a small island about 400 meters off the east coast of Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. Its area is 30.07 ha (74.3 acres). [1] The islet is 121 meters high, bare and nearly flat, with steep cliffs towards the sea. [2] It is the easternmost point of the Madeira archipelago.
Santo Ildefonso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tu ildɨˈfõsu]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória. [1] The population in 2011 was 9,029, [2] in an area of 1.24 km 2. [3] Church of Santo Ildefonso
Silva Porto may refer to: Silva Porto (explorer) (1817-1890), António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto, Portuguese trader and explorer; Silva Porto (painter) (1850-1893), António Carvalho da Silva, Portuguese naturalist painter; The Angolan town of Kuito, known as Silva Porto before 1975
Porto Novo is a city [2] in the island of Santo Antão, in Cape Verde. It is the seat of the Porto Novo municipality . At the 2010 census, the town had 9,310 inhabitants, which makes it the most populous settlement of the island.
Paulo Jorge da Silva dos Santos (born 11 December 1972) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He appeared in 275 Primeira Liga matches over 14 seasons, representing in the competition Benfica, Estrela da Amadora, Alverca, Porto, Varzim, Braga and Rio Ave. Santos was part of the Portugal squad at the 2006 ...