Preguiça, São Nicolau

Preguiça is a settlement in the central part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated on the south coast, 6 km south of Ribeira Brava. It served as the port of Ribeira Brava, after the older Porto de Lapa, 6 km to the northeast, had been abandoned in 1653 due to pirate attacks.^[2] The settlement was mentioned as Paraghisi in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.^[3] In 1820 the Forte do Príncipe Real, now ruined, was built to protect the port.^[4] Preguiça's port consists of a stone quay and a short mole.^[5] Preguiça Airport is located 3 km north of the village.

Preguiça
Settlement
Preguiça
Coordinates: 16.562°N 24.281°W / 16.562; -24.281
Country	Cape Verde
Island	São Nicolau
Municipality	Ribeira Brava
Civil parish	Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	567
ID	31224

Population history

• 2000: 465
• 2010: 567

See also

• Africa portal

• List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde

References

1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
2. Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de Ribeira Brava de São Nicolau, Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 16-17
3. Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
4. Recuperação do Forte da Preguiça, C. Amaro and V. Santos, IPPAR, 2002
5. Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 143: West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 240.