Administrative divisions of Cape Verde

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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), who administrate the concelhos, and below them, the juntas de freguesia who administrate the freguesias (civil parishes). Therefore, the concelhos are the first-level administrative subdivision in Cape Verde.

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

On the Barlavento Islands

Island	Municipality	Parish
Santo Antão	Ribeira Grande	Nossa Senhora do Rosário
		Nossa Senhora do Livramento
		Santo Crucifixo
		São Pedro Apóstolo
	Paul	Santo António das Pombas
	Porto Novo	São João Baptista
		Santo André
São Vicente	São Vicente	Nossa Senhora da Luz
Santa Luzia
São Nicolau	Ribeira Brava	Nossa Senhora da Lapa
		Nossa Senhora do Rosário
	Tarrafal de São Nicolau	São Francisco
Sal	Sal	Nossa Senhora das Dores
Boa Vista	Boa Vista	Santa Isabel
		São João Baptista

On the Sotavento Islands

Island	Municipality	Parish
Maio	Maio	Nossa Senhora da Luz
Santiago	Praia	Nossa Senhora da Graça
	São Domingos	Nossa Senhora da Luz
		São Nicolau Tolentino
	Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina
	São Salvador do Mundo	São Salvador do Mundo
	Santa Cruz	Santiago Maior
	São Lourenço dos Órgãos	São Lourenço dos Órgãos
	Ribeira Grande de Santiago	Santíssimo Nome de Jesus
		São João Baptista
	São Miguel	São Miguel Arcanjo
	Tarrafal	Santo Amaro Abade
Fogo	São Filipe	São Lourenço
		Nossa Senhora da Conceição
	Santa Catarina do Fogo	Santa Catarina do Fogo
	Mosteiros	Nossa Senhora da Ajuda
Brava	Brava	São João Baptista
		Nossa Senhora do Monte

Map of municipalities

Municipalities of Cape Verde

Listed and numbered according to the map:

• Santiago
  • Tarrafal (1)
  • São Miguel (2)
  • São Salvador do Mundo (3)
  • Santa Cruz (4)
  • São Domingos (5)
  • Praia (6)
  • Ribeira Grande (7)
  • São Lourenço dos Órgãos (8)
  • Santa Catarina (9)
• Brava (10)
• Fogo
  • 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
  • Porto Novo (20)
  • Ribeira Grande (21)
  • Paul (22)

See also

• ISO 3166-2:CV
• statoid site