Corda, Ribeira Grande

Corda
Settlement
Corda
Coordinates: 17°08′10″N 25°05′17″W / 17.136°N 25.088°WCoordinates: 17°08′10″N 25°05′17″W / 17.136°N 25.088°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santo Antão
Municipality	Ribeira Grande
Civil parish	Santo Crucifixo
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	833

Corda is a settlement in the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island and on a central plateau 1,200 to 1,500 meters high, 13 km north of the island capital Porto Novo.

Some of the localities includes Espongeiro.

Around the area is passed by the difficult Estrada de Corda (EN1-SA2, formerly the LBRA2), first constructed in 1962 and no longer the main road linking the north and the south and the west of the island in 2009. Around 2 to 3 kilometers south is a huge caldeira named Espadana dominating 1 km in diameter and forms the second largest after Chã das Caldeiras.

Geology

Estrada da Corda runs in the area of the settlement

Its geology is inside the Cova Group of rock formation that includes Paul and Corda. The formation was formed around 1.4 million to 700,000 years ago.^[2]

Climate data for Espongeiros

The yearly rainall in Espongeiro amounts to 351 millimeters making it the wettest on the island as it is on higher elevation compared to the coastal and southern areas, also temperatures are continental and cool and the coolest on the island and fanges from 10 to 19 °C (50–66 °F). The wettest month is September with 105 millimeters, fewer than Sinagoga and the driest months are May and June without any precipitation

Climate data for Espongeiro, 1250-1400 metres ASL
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	15.5 (59.9)	15.3 (59.5)	15.9 (60.6)	16.3 (61.3)	17.2 (63)	17.9 (64.2)	19.0 (66.2)	20.0 (68)	20.3 (68.5)	19.8 (67.6)	18.5 (65.3)	16.5 (61.7)	17.7 (63.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.2 (55.8)	12.8 (55)	13.2 (55.8)	13.6 (56.5)	14.5 (58.1)	15.3 (59.5)	16.3 (61.3)	17.3 (63.1)	17.7 (63.9)	17.4 (63.3)	16.0 (60.8)	14.4 (57.9)	15.1 (59.2)
Average low °C (°F)	10.9 (51.6)	10.4 (50.7)	10.6 (51.1)	10.9 (51.6)	11.9 (53.4)	12.8 (55)	13.7 (56.7)	14.7 (58.5)	15.1 (59.2)	15.0 (59)	13.6 (56.5)	12.3 (54.1)	12.7 (54.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	24 (0.94)	4 (0.16)	4 (0.16)	1 (0.04)	0 (0)	0 (0)	20 (0.79)	82 (3.23)	105 (4.13)	55 (2.17)	31 (1.22)	25 (0.98)	351 (13.82)
Source: Climate-Data.ORG

References

Espadana caldera south of Corda

1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
2. Holm, Paul Martin (2006). Sampling the Cape Verde Mantle Plume: Evolution of Melt Compositions on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Island. 47. p. 145-18. doi:10.1093/petrology/egi071.