Ilhéu de Santa Maria
Nickname: Isla de Angel | |
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Praia Harbour | |
| Coordinates | 14°54′27″N 23°30′26″W / 14.90750°N 23.50722°W |
| Archipelago | Cape Verde |
| Area | 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi) |
| Length | 0.42 km (0.261 mi) |
| Width | 0.13 km (0.081 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Concelhos (Municipalities) | Praia |
Ilhéu de Santa Maria (once known as Quail Island) is a small uninhabited islet of the
Praia da Gamboa, near the city centre of Praia
.
In the 1850s, a customs house[1]: 118 and warehouses were built on the islet.[1]: 133 The buildings have been used for quarantine as well, but this was moved to the new Lazareto on Ponta Temerosa in the 1870s.[1]: 134
In 2015, the Cape Verdean government and the Chinese-based Legend Development Company agreed on construction of a hotel resort and casino on the islet.[2] As of May 2018, the bridge from the islet to the mainland has been completed, and construction of the hotel and casino are due to start in August 2018.[3]
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1884 Map of Praia showing Ilhéu de Santa Maria as "Quail Island" -
Ruined buildings on the islet
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Notes
- ^ a b c Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia, Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008
- ^ "Hotel-Casino no Ilhéu de Santa Maria: Governo concessiona Djeu por 75 anos" [Hotel-Casino in Ilhéu de Santa Maria: Government Concession of the Islet (Djeu) for 75 Years]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ^ "Obras do Hotel e Casino no Djéu arrancam dentro de dois meses". Santiago Magazine (in Portuguese). 2018-05-31.
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