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Porto Inglês ( Portuguese for "English port", also: ''Cidade do Maio'', ''Vila do Maio'') is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern
Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
. It is the main urban settlement of the island, and also seat of the Maio Municipality. Its population was 2,971 in 2010. The name Porto Inglês refers to English ships that exported salt produced on the island of Maio from this town. Salt exploitation continued until the 19th century.Historia
Municipio do Maio The inconclusive Battle of Maio was fought between British and French
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squadrons close to the town on 23 January 1814 in the last stages of the
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. The port of Porto Inglês has ferry services to
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. The domestic
Maio Airport The Maio Airport ( Portuguese ''Aeródromo do Maio'') is an airport in Cape Verde located in the island of Maio, about 3 km north of the island capital Porto Inglês. Its runway measures by wide.Forte de São José and its adjacent lighthouse *The Nossa Senhora da Luz (Our Lady of Light) church, opened in 1872 * Salinas of the English Port


Historical population


City twinning

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See also

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List of cities and towns in Cape Verde This is a list of cities and towns in Cape Verde. In Cape Verde, there are two types of urban settlements: cities () and towns (). Since 2015, there are 24 cities and 19 towns. 2000 and 2010. Towns The following table shows the towns (''vila ...
* Tourism in Cape Verde


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