Regions of Cape Verde
Cape Verde is an archipelago, and its islands are historically divided into two groups, or regions:
- Barlavento, including Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal and Boa Vista, in the northern side.
- Sotavento, including Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava, in the southern side.
- A group of dry, very flat, and geologically old islands, lying to the east and closer to the African coast, and
- A group of rocky, volcanic, agricultural islands more to the west. Their orography is rougher because they're geologically newer, and the westernmost islands tend to be the most mountainous.