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Administrative divisions of Cape Verde

Administrative divisions of Cape Verde

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Image:Cv map mun num.gif|thumb|left|350px|Municipalities of Cape Verde
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rect 91 222 111 245 São Miguel
rect 120 231 138 254 São Salvador do Mundo
rect 129 262 146 284 Santa Cruz
rect 157 303 173 327 São Domingos
rect 119 342 137 365 Praia
Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)
Praia is a municipality in Cape Verde, located South in Santiago island. It is the municipality where lays the capital from Cape Verde, the city of Praia...


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rect 27 357 45 382 São Lourenço dos Órgãos
rect 47 284 65 306 Santa Catarina
rect 111 441 141 462 Brava
rect 174 471 200 495 São Filipe
rect 223 441 251 465 Santa Catarina
rect 206 407 235 430 Mosteiros
rect 444 374 474 396 Maio
rect 478 218 506 241 Boa Vista
rect 426 113 455 137 Sal
rect 233 104 264 128 Ribeira Brava
rect 176 142 206 165 Tarrafal de São Nicolau
rect 102 110 130 133 São Vicente
rect 36 47 65 70 Porto Novo
rect 40 3 69 26 Ribeira Grande
rect 96 25 128 47 Paul

Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa, opposite Mauritania and Senegal....

 is divided into 22 municipalities (called concelhos in Portuguese), and subdivided into 32 parishes (called freguesias in Portuguese).
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Image:Cv map mun num.gif|thumb|left|350px|Municipalities of Cape Verde
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rect 91 222 111 245 São Miguel
rect 120 231 138 254 São Salvador do Mundo
rect 129 262 146 284 Santa Cruz
rect 157 303 173 327 São Domingos
rect 119 342 137 365 Praia
Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)
Praia is a municipality in Cape Verde, located South in Santiago island. It is the municipality where lays the capital from Cape Verde, the city of Praia...


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rect 27 357 45 382 São Lourenço dos Órgãos
rect 47 284 65 306 Santa Catarina
rect 111 441 141 462 Brava
rect 174 471 200 495 São Filipe
rect 223 441 251 465 Santa Catarina
rect 206 407 235 430 Mosteiros
rect 444 374 474 396 Maio
rect 478 218 506 241 Boa Vista
rect 426 113 455 137 Sal
rect 233 104 264 128 Ribeira Brava
rect 176 142 206 165 Tarrafal de São Nicolau
rect 102 110 130 133 São Vicente
rect 36 47 65 70 Porto Novo
rect 40 3 69 26 Ribeira Grande
rect 96 25 128 47 Paul

Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa, opposite Mauritania and Senegal....

 is divided into 22 municipalities (called concelhos in Portuguese), and subdivided into 32 parishes (called freguesias in Portuguese). Listed and numbered according to the map:
  • Santiago
    Santiago, Cape Verde
    Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St...
    • Tarrafal (1)
    • São Miguel (2)
    • São Salvador do Mundo (3)
    • Santa Cruz (4)
    • São Domingos (5)
    • Praia
      Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)
      Praia is a municipality in Cape Verde, located South in Santiago island. It is the municipality where lays the capital from Cape Verde, the city of Praia...

       (6)
    • Ribeira Grande (7)
    • São Lourenço dos Órgãos (8)
    • Santa Catarina (9)
  • Brava (10)
  • Fogo
    Fogo, Cape Verde
    Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Mount Fogo.-Geography:...
    • São Filipe (11)
    • Santa Catarina (12)
    • Mosteiros (13)
  • Maio (14)
  • Boa Vista (15)
  • Sal (16)
  • São Nicolau
    • Ribeira Brava (17)
    • Tarrafal de São Nicolau (18)
  • São Vicente (19)
  • Santo Antão
    Santo Antão
    Santo Antão , or Sontonton in Cape Verdean Creole, is the westernmost and largest of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. The nearest main island is São Vicente to the southeast, separated by a channel named Canal de São Vicente...
    • Porto Novo (20)
    • Ribeira Grande (21)
    • Paul (22)

Administrative divisions of the islands of Barlavento 

Island Municipality Parish
Santo Antão Ribeira Grande Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Ribeira Grande)
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Nossa Senhora do Livramento
Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Cape Verde
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Santo Crucifixo
Santo Crucifixo
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São Pedro Apóstolo
São Pedro Apóstolo (parish)
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Paul Santo António das Pombas
Santo António das Pombas
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Porto Novo São João Baptista
São João Baptista (Santo Antão)
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Santo André
Santo André (Porto Novo)
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São Vicente
São Vicente, Cape Verde
São Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.The island is composed by a single administrative...

 São Vicente Nossa Senhora da Luz
Nossa Senhora da Luz (São Vicente)
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Santa Luzia
Santa Luzia, Cape Verde
Santa Luzia is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau and São Vicente. The area is 35 km² . The highest point is Monte Grande elevating 395 m. Home to a small agricultural population in the eighteenth century, desertification led to its abandonment,...
São Nicolau Ribeira Brava Nossa Senhora da Lapa
Nossa Senhora da Lapa (Ribeira Brava)
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Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Ribeira Brava)
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Tarrafal de São Nicolau São Francisco
São Francisco (Tarrafal de São Nicolau)
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Sal
Sal, Cape Verde
Sal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality...

 Sal Nossa Senhora das Dores
Nossa Senhora das Dores (Sal)
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Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Boa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago...

 Boa Vista Santa Isabel
Santa Isabel (Boa Vista)
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São João Baptista
São João Baptista (Boa Vista)
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Administrative divisions of the island chain of Sotavento

Island Municipality Parish
Maio Maio Nossa Senhora da Luz
Nossa Senhora da Luz (Maio)
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Santiago
Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St...

 Praia
Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)
Praia is a municipality in Cape Verde, located South in Santiago island. It is the municipality where lays the capital from Cape Verde, the city of Praia...

 Nossa Senhora da Graça
Nossa Senhora da Graça (Praia)
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São Domingos Nossa Senhora da Luz
Nossa Senhora da Luz (São Domingos)
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São Nicolau Tolentino
São Nicolau Tolentino (São Domingos)
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Santa Catarina Santa Catarina
São Salvador do Mundo São Salvador do Mundo
São Salvador do Mundo (São Salvador do Mundo)
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Santa Cruz Santiago Maior
Santiago Maior (Santa Cruz)
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São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos
Ribeira Grande de Santiago Santíssimo Nome de Jesus
Santíssimo Nome de Jesus (Praia)
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São João Baptista
São João Baptista (Praia)
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São Miguel São Miguel Arcanjo
São Miguel Arcanjo (São Miguel)
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Tarrafal Santo Amaro Abade
Santo Amaro Abade
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Fogo
Fogo, Cape Verde
Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Mount Fogo.-Geography:...

 São Filipe São Lourenço
São Lourenço (São Filipe)
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Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Nossa Senhora da Conceição (São Filipe)
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Santa Catarina do Fogo Santa Catarina do Fogo
Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina do Fogo)
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Mosteiros Nossa Senhora da Ajuda
Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (parish)
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Brava
Brava, Cape Verde
Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...

 Brava São João Baptista
São João Baptista (Brava)
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Nossa Senhora do Monte
Nossa Senhora do Monte (Cape Verde)
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See also

  • ISO 3166-2:CV
    ISO 3166-2:CV
    ISO 3166-2:CV is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of Cape Verde .Currently two levels of subdivisions are assigned codes:* 2 districts — Each...

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