Salamansa is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Sao Vicente,

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 situated on the north coast, approximately 5 km northeast of the city centre of

Mindelo Mindelo is a port cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2 ...

. In 2010 its population was 1,179. Salamansa is a fishing village with a long sandy beach.Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente
Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 28, 41

In popular culture

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Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa ''Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa'' is the first short story book published in 1974 by Cape Verdean writer Orlanda Amarílis. This collection consists of seven short stories in which the day-to-day lives of Cape Verdean emigrants are portrayed. Unli ...

'', a collection of short stories by

Orlanda Amarílis Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira, known as Orlanda Amarílis (8 October 1924 – 1 February 2014) was a Cape Verdean writer. She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspective ...

published in 1974Obituary Orlanda Amarílis
/ref> *''Salamansa'', a song by

Cesária Évora Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nos ...

from the album '' Distino di Belita'' (1990) *''Areia de Salamansa'', a song by Cesária Évora from the album ''

Cesária ''Cesária'' is the fifth album by Cesária Évora. The album, consisting of Cape Verdean morna and coladeira songs, was released by Paris-based Lusafrica on 18 July 1995. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the World Music categ ...

'' (1995) *''Pic Nic na Salamansa'', a song by Cesária Évora from the album ''

São Vicente di Longe ''São Vicente di Longe'' is the eighth album by Cesária Évora Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creol ...

'' (2001)

References

External links

Photo of Salamansa on ecaboverde.comSalamansa on mindelo.info
{{São Vicente Villages and settlements in São Vicente, Cape Verde