Ribeira da Barca is a townCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 in the municipality of Santa Catarina, on the island of

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. In 2010 its population was 2,317. It is situated on the west coast, at the mouth of the stream ''Ribeira da Barca'', 11 km northwest of Assomada. The settlement was mentioned as "Rivera das Baras" in the 1747 map by

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Notable people

António Mascarenhas Monteiro António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro (; 16 February 1944 – 16 September 2016) was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001. Early life and education Born in Ribeira da Barca in 1 ...

, former president of the Republic of Cabo Verde * Suzanna Lubrano, singer currently residing in Rotterdam in the Netherlands * Tcheka, musician

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeira da Barca Geography of Santiago, Cape Verde Santa Catarina, Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde Towns in Cape Verde