About Ilha de Sao Nicolau

class="apple-converted-space"> The island is mountainous with a primarily agricultural economy, but is subject to droughts . Settled first in the sixteenth century , is known for its mountains and the main village Ribeira Brava , long the seat of the diocese of Cape Verde. Their village is another port of Tarrafal .

Apart from Portuguese , the official language, the Cape Verdean Creole is used in day-to-day by the majority of the population of St. Nicholas. There is a local variant of the Cape Verdean Creole .

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