Salinas salt pans pedra

High Resolution JPEG Picture of 'Salinas' : Salt pans of Pedra de Lume, Inside the crater of a long extinct volcano, Midway up the east coast of Island of Sal, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde), off the West coast of Senegal (West Africa). Cape Verde, an Island Republic in the Atlantic. Formerly an overseas territory of Portugal, gained Independence on July 5th, 1975. 434,812 inhabitants (2000 census). Capital: Praia, Santiago Island. Sal Surface : 216 km2. 30km long, 12km large. Approx. 14,792 inhabitants. One of the 3 sandy eastern islands of the archipelago. (Ten islands, Nine inhabited). Also the flattest and the driest of all Cape Verde islands. No ground water founded. All water supplies are brought by boat on containers from Praia or elsewhere. Sal Island has been discovered circa 1460 by Portuguese and named after the Salt Laguna founded in the South and at 'Pedra de Lume', the crater of an extinct volcano. Salt export business exploited from early 19th century attracted many newcomers and brought a relative prosperity till its decline in the first half of the 20th century. By 1985, the salinas ceased all operations. In 1990, there were still 700 residents in Pedra de Lume. Unfortunately, the economy of the town only offers a handful of job opportunities, so the rest had to migrate to other parts of Sal or abroad. The site has now been turned into a resort.

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Image Information

Artist JJS-Pepite

Image ID 450910073

Date Created November 5, 2013

Collection iStock Essentials

Style Photography

Orientation Horizontal

Release Info No release required