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Montanha
Settlement
Coordinates: 15°05′02″N 23°35′02″W / 15.084°N 23.584°W / 15.084; -23.584
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Municipality	São Lourenço dos Órgãos
Civil parish	São Lourenço dos Órgãos
Population
• Total	462
ID	78109

Montanha is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km north of João Teves and 8 km southwest of Pedra Badejo. The area is intensively farmed; mainly maize, beans and sugar-cane.

Mahogany trees

There are two African mahogany trees near the village of Banana (part of the settlement Montanha), standing at the bottom of the Ribeira Montanha valley, 400 m above sea level. The trees were identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support a colony of purple herons or Bourne's herons.

References

1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
2. "Mahoganies at Banana, Ribeira Montanha, Ilha de Santiago". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
3. Birds in Cape Verde
4. Batty, Chris (2005). "Cape Verde Islands 24th February-7th March 2005". Bird Trip Reports. birdtours.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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