City profile · Cape Verde · Africa
Mindelo
Sao Vicente · Cape Verde
City population
69,013
#2
in Cape Verde
#8,335
worldwide
16.890, -24.980 · 268 km from Praia
About Mindelo
Mindelo is a city in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde with a population of 69,013. It is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Cape Verde, and the 8,335th largest worldwide. It lies 268 km from Praia.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Sao Vicente
Elevation
44 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Atlantic/Cape_Verde
Coordinates
16.890, -24.980
Record updated
2026-06-24
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 4 in Cape VerdeClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.