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View of Santiago Island with northeast at the top Topographic map with north at the top. Santiago Island is one of the Galápagos Islands.The island, which consists of two overlapping volcanoes, has an area of 585 square kilometers (226 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 907 meters (2,976 ft), atop the northwestern shield volcano.
Santiago (Portuguese for “Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio (26 km (16 mi) to the east) and Fogo (55 kilometres (34 miles) to the west).
Santiago Island is an island located off the northeast coast of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is composed of six barangays namely Binabalian, Goyoden, Lucero, Pilar, Salud, and Victory, all within the municipality of Bolinao. Located in this island is the Giant Clam Ocean Nursery and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
It is one of the younger islands in the Galápagos archipelago. This island, and neighbouring Sulivan Bay on Santiago (James) island, are named after lifelong friend of Charles Darwin, Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, who was a lieutenant aboard HMS Beagle. [22] Today Sulivan Bay is often misspelled Sullivan Bay.
Praia (Portuguese pronunciation:, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. [1] Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality.
The Santiago Basin is part of the Intermediate Depression and is remarkably flat, interrupted only by a few "island hills;" among them are Cerro Renca, Cerro Blanco, and Cerro Santa Lucía. The basin is approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) in a north–south direction and 35 km (22 mi) from east to west.
The four islands in the Sotavento group are Maio (269 km 2), Santiago (991 km 2), Fogo (476 km 2), and Brava (66 km 2). All but Santa Luzia are inhabited. Santiago is the largest island, and is home to half the country's population and its capital, Praia. The archipelago is volcanic in origin.
Poverty Incidence of Bolinao 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 53.33 2003 45.53 2006 35.70 2009 28.67 2012 12.47 2015 16.87 2018 16.28 2021 23.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Bolinao, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a ...