About Ilha de Sao Tiago

class="apple-converted-space"> Sotavento . It stretches for about 75 km long, north to south and about 35 km wide from east to west. Village about 50 km in a straight line from the island ofFogo , west, and 25 km from the island of May , to the east. Administratively, it is divided into 6 districts. The city of Praia is both the capital and its most populous city. The island of Santiago and Beach had extraordinary development since independence in 1975 , the population having doubled since that year. One of the oldest settlements is Santo Domingo, in the valley of the same name, within the island.