The territory of
Cape Verde
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is divided into 22 ''
concelhos'' (
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
), and subdivided into 32 ''
freguesias'' (equivalent to
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
).
In Portuguese language usage, there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ. Administratively, right below
the government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, there are the ''municípios'' (municipalities), who administrate the ''concelhos''. Therefore, the ''concelhos'' are the first-level administrative subdivision in Cape Verde. Each municipality has an ''
Assembleia Municipal
An ''Assembleia Municipal'' (; "municipal assembly"; plural: ''assembleias municipais'') is the legislature that governs a municipality in Portugal. Part of the assembly's members are elected every four years among candidate lists by the D'Hondt me ...
'' (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.
The islands are traditionally divided in two
geographic
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regions (with no administrative meaning):
*
Barlavento Islands (windward), the six northern islands and
*
Sotavento Islands (leeward), the four southern ones.
Municipalities and civil parishes
Image:Cv map mun num.gif, 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
Sal, SAL, or S.A.L. may refer to:
Personal name
* Sal (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname
Places
* Sal, Cape Verde, an island and municipality
* Sal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
* Ca ...
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
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of G ...
rect 40 3 69 26 Ribeira Grande do Norte
rect 96 25 128 47 Paul
Island group:
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.
Proposta do Plano de Gestão da Reserva Natural de Santa Luzia, ilhéus Branco e Raso
p. 30
See also
* ISO 3166-2:CV
References
External links
Counties of Cape Verde at Statoids.com
{{Municipalities of Cape Verde
Cape Verde
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