Ribeira Grande de Santiago is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde.

One of the main streams of the area is Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

[3] The old city of Ribeira Grande de Santiago (Cidade Velha) is one of the oldest European settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa.

It was an important port for the slave trade from West Africa to the Americas.

[4] At the federal level, it belongs to the constituency of Santiago South.