Administrative divisions of Cape Verde
The territory of Cape Verde is divided into 22 concelhos (municipalities), and subdivided into 32 freguesias (equivalent to civil parish).
In Portuguese language usage, there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ. Administratively, right below the government, there are the municípios (municipalities), which administer the concelhos. Therefore, the concelhos are the first-level administrative subdivision in Cape Verde. Each municipality has an Assembleia Municipal (municipal assembly, the legislative body) and a Câmara Municipal (municipal chamber, the executive body). Every four years elections are held for the Assembleia Municipal, the Câmara Municipal and the President of the Câmara Municipal. Where a municipality consists of several freguesias (civil parishes), a Delegação Municipal (municipal delegation) is established in the parishes that do not contain the municipal seat.[1]
The islands are traditionally divided in two geographic regions (with no administrative meaning):
- Barlavento Islands (windward), the six northern islands and
- Sotavento Islands (leeward), the four southern ones.
Municipalities and civil parishes
<imagemap> Image:Cv map mun num.gif|thumb|right|350px|Municipalities of Cape Verde rect 18 197 35 219 Tarrafal do Sul 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 rect 71 365 90 387 Ribeira Grande do Sul rect 27 357 45 382 São Lourenço dos Órgãos rect 47 284 65 306 Santa Catarina Ocidental rect 111 441 141 462 Brava rect 174 471 200 495 São Filipe rect 223 441 251 465 Santa Catarina Oriental 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 do Norte rect 102 110 130 133 São Vicente rect 36 47 65 70 Porto Novo rect 40 3 69 26 Ribeira Grande do Norte rect 96 25 128 47 Paul </imagemap>
Island group: Barlavento Islands Sotavento Islands
The uninhabited island of Santa Luzia and all uninhabited islets, including Raso and Branco, are not part of any municipality, but are in the public domain of the state of Cape Verde.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Lei nº 134/IV/95, Estatuto dos Municípios Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, p. 83-127
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2010 Census Summary
- ^ 2021 Census Summary
- ^ Proposta do Plano de Gestão da Reserva Natural de Santa Luzia, ilhéus Branco e Raso Archived 2018-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, p. 30