Santiago North Second Division
| Region |
 Northern Santiago, Cape Verde
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|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Promotion to | Santiago North Premier Division |
| Current champions |
GDR São Lourenço (2016-17) |
| Website | Official website |
The Santiago North Second Division is a tier-3 regional championship played in the northern part of Santiago Island, Cape Verde. The competition are organized by the Santiago North Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Norte, ARFSN). The winner of the championship plays in the Santiago North Premier Division in the following season while the second placed club competes with a second last placed Premier Division club to participate in two divisional decisional matches to qualify into the Premier Division or remain in the Second Division in the following season.
The Second Division features ten clubs, the same as to that of the neighbouring Santiago South and another on the island of Fogo, being one of three in Cape Verde.
The Second Division was formed in 2015 and would feature two parts instead of one. It featured eight clubs, ten clubs would feature for the following season as the Premier Division reduced it to twelve clubs equalling to Santiago South's.
The 2016-17 Second Division went to a halt in February 7 as the referees needed the salaries for the 17th and the 26th rounds last season and the rounds of this season., it did not resumed until February 25 as the referees were paid four days earlier by its sponsorship of two telecommunications companies, one of them was Cabo Verde Telecom and the municipalities where the clubs are based.
One possibility for the following season is an additional club, there may be a return of Amabox Barcelona to the competition.
The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the Second Division from 2015 to 2017. The teams in Bold participates in the 2017 Santiago North Second Division:
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