Porto Novo, Cape Verde
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- This article is about the municipality and the city in Cape Verde. For other uses, see Porto Novo (disambiguation).
| Municipality of Porto Novo | |
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| Seat: | Porto Novo |
| Island: | Santo Antão |
| Founded: | 1990 |
| Population: | … |
| Area: | … km² |
| Population density: | …/km² |
| National Municipal code (CGN-CV): |
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| ISO 3166-2 code: | CV-PN |
| Website: | [1] |
Porto Novo (Portuguese for “new port”) is the westernmost municipality in Cape Verde and all of Africa but not the mainland. It is a town and a municipality in the island of Santo Antão of Barlavento. It covers two-thirds of the island and home to one-third of the population. Geographical features include Topo de Coroa, the tallest mountain of the island, elevating around 1,979 m.
The plain area which are consists of farmlands cover the area round Porto Novo, the mountains cover the northern, western and the central parts and some are in valley areas. Much of the municipality is grassy or bushy, a few forests cover the mountain area while farmlands are in the plain around Porto Novo and in valley areas.
Its main economy are businesses in Porto Novo and tourism, it is followed by agriculture which is one of the main industry.
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[edit] Parishes
The municipality includes two parishes:
[edit] Settlements
[edit] Porto Novo (city)
Porto Novo is also the name of the city that constitutes the seat of the Porto Novo Municipality. Porto Novo is linked with roads linking to Pombas and Ribeira Grande and also to Topo da Coroa and the island's west coast and a small road to Tarrafal de Monte Trigo.
Porto Novo has a few schools or collegiates (colégio), a few lyceums (middle schools), a gymnasium (secondary schools), churches, beaches, ports, a post office and squares (praças).
[edit] Historical population (city)
| Year | Population | Change | Density |
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| 1990 (June 23, Census) | 4,867 | - | - |
| 2000 (June 16, Census) | 5,532 | - | - |
| 2003 (Estimate) | 5,900 | - | - |
| 2005 (January 1, Computing) | 5,580 | - | - |
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| Northwest: Atlantic Ocean | North: Ribeira Grande | Northeast: Paul |
| West: Atlantic Ocean | Porto Novo | East: Atlantic Ocean |
| South: Atlantic Ocean |
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