São Miguel, Cape Verde
São Miguel | |
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Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 15°11′N 23°38′W / 15.19°N 23.64°W | |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| Island | Santiago |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.4 km2 (29.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 15,648 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| ID | 76 |
| Website | Official website |
São Miguel is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Calheta de São Miguel. Its population was 15,630 at the 2010 census.[1] The municipality was created in 1996, when a parish of the older Municipality of Tarrafal was separated to become the Municipality of São Miguel.[2][3]
Subdivisions
The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), São Miguel Arcanjo. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements:
- Achada Monte (pop: 1,652, town)[4]
- Calheta de São Miguel (pop: 3,175, city)[4]
- Casa Branca (pop: 73)
- Chã de Ponta (pop: 220)
- Cutelo Gomes (pop: 658)
- Espinho Branco (pop: 869)
- Gongon (pop: 207)
- Igreja (pop: 325)
- Machado (pop: 130)
- Mato Correia (pop: 328)
- Monte Bode (pop: 118)
- Monte Pousada (pop: 486)
- Palha Carga (pop: 375)
- Pedra Barro (pop: 259)
- Pedra Serrado (pop: 484)
- Pilão Cão (pop: 1,132)
- Pingo Chuva (pop: 63)
- Ponta Verde (pop: 1,065)
- Principal (pop: 1,193)
- Ribeireta (pop: 215)
- Tagarra (pop: 669)
- Varanda (pop: 445)
- Veneza (pop: 1,375)
- Xaxa (pop: 114)
Demography
| Population of São Miguel (1990—2010) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990[5] | 2000[6] | 2010[1] | |||||
| 13787 | 16128 | 15630 | |||||
Politics
Since 2004, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[7]
| Party | Municipal Council | Municipal Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes% | Seats | Votes% | Seats | |
| MpD | 69.35 | 7 | 67.50 | 12 |
| PAICV | 25.39 | 0 | 27.13 | 5 |
| PP | 2.09 | 0 | 2.21 | 0 |
In the September 2016 municipal elections, Herménio Fernandes won with an absolute majority and became president. At the federal level, São Miguel belongs to the constituency of Santiago North.
Notable people
- Teodoro Mendes Tavares, current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponta de Pedras in Brazil
External links
- Official website Template:Pt icon
- ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)
References
- ^ a b c "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
- ^ History of the municipality of São Miguel Template:Pt icon
- ^ Lei nº 11/V/96, p. 71
- ^ a b Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
- ^ Source: Statoids
- ^ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Official results local elections 2016, Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53, 23 September 2016