São Pedro is a village in the southwestern part of the island of Sao Vicente,

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. It is situated on the south coast, approximately 10 km southwest of the island capital

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

. In 2010 its population was 991.

Cesária Évora Airport Cesária Évora Airport (Portuguese ''Aeroporto Internacional Cesária Évora'') is Cape Verde's fourth-busiest airport (after Sal, Praia, and Boa Vista), located on the island of São Vicente, nearly from the centre of Mindelo. It is locate ...

, the island's international airport is directly north of São Pedro. It was mentioned as a small port as "P. St. Pedro" in the 1747 map by

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member o ...

. The lighthouse Farol de D. Amélia sits on the ''Ponta Machado'', 3 km west of the village. 2006

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Pedro, Cape Verde Villages and settlements in São Vicente, Cape Verde Populated coastal places in Cape Verde