Pedra de Lume
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| Country | Cape Verde |
| Island | Sal |
| Municipality | Sal |
| Civil parish | Nossa Senhora das Dores |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 329 |
Pedra de Lume (also Pedra do Lume,[2][source needs translation] Cape Verde Creole: Pedra di Lumi[citation needed]) is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The village is situated on the east coast, about 5 km east of the island capital Espargos. Pedra de Lume has been famous for its salterns[2] which began around the 18th century.
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The Pedra de Lume crater is around 500 m in radius and is an extinct volcano. The area features salt evaporation ponds built over a natural salt lake that formed through infiltration of water from the sea, since the base of the crater is below the sea level. The salt extraction is currently inactive.[citation needed]
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