Ribeira Julião

Ribeira Julião
Coordinates: 16°51′20″N 24°59′56″W / 16.8555°N 24.999°WCoordinates: 16°51′20″N 24°59′56″W / 16.8555°N 24.999°W
Country	Cape Verde
Island	São Vicente
Municipality	São Vicente
Civil parish	Nossa Senhora da Luz
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	611

Ribeira Julião (Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente: Rbera Jilion) is a village located in the central part of the island of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde. Its 2010 population was 611 for the village. It is situated in the hills southeast of the island capital Mindelo, approximately 6 km southeast of the city centre and is connected with the road linking Mindelo and Calhau along with the east of the island and an unpaved road to Monte Verde and the north of the island and is named after its nearby stream Ribeira de Julião. Localities include Ribeira de Julião and Aldeia de Médio or Aldeia Central, the middle of the island (km 6, the Northwestern area).

The population has been growing since the 1980s and the 1990s. The buildings are concentrated in the western and the southern parts, the center is to the west, the rest along with farmlands and plantations are sporadically located within the stream, the main road and the foot of the mountains, several forests are within the stream, the rest of the area composes of grasslands.

It is the home of ISCEMAR (Instituto Superior de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, High Instutute of Engineering and Maritime Sciences), and signals the entity responsible for the national domain .cv, Cape Verde for the Internet.

References

1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.