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Caleijão
Settlement
Coordinates: 16°36′11″N 24°18′29″W / 16.603°N 24.308°W / 16.603; -24.308
Country	Cape Verde
Island	São Nicolau
Municipality	Ribeira Brava
Civil parish	Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Population
• Total	300
ID	31206

Caleijão is a settlement in the central part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km southwest of Ribeira Brava. Writer Baltasar Lopes da Silva was born in the village. Part of his novel Chiquinho is set in Caleijão.

See also

• 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. "Chiquinho and Baltasar: Mark of Cape Verde's literature". Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

v t e The island of São Nicolau
Ribeira Brava	Nossa Senhora da Lapa Covoada Estância de Brás Fajã de Baixo Queimadas Ribeira Funda Nossa Senhora do Rosário Belém Cachaço Caleijão Carriçal Carvoeiros Juncalinho Morro Brás Preguiça Ribeira Brava Talho
Tarrafal de São Nicolau	São Francisco de Assis Cabeçalinho Fragata Hortelã Palhal Praia Branca Ribeira dos Calhaus Ribeira Prata Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Mountains	Monte Bissau Monte Gordo Pico de Alberto
Other topics	Baía de São Jorge Ponta do Barril Ponta Leste São Nicolau Airport Preguiça Lighthouse Forte do Príncipe Real

• Villages and settlements in São Nicolau, Cape Verde
• Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde