This article is about the municipality and the city in Cape Verde. The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia 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):	13
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. There are parishes that have the name Santo Antão ( Portuguese for " Saint Anthony " In Cape Verde Africa Santo Antão Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume ISO 3166-2CV is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Cape Verde. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia It is a town and a municipality in the island of Santo Antão of Barlavento. There are parishes that have the name Santo Antão ( Portuguese for " Saint Anthony " In Cape Verde Africa Santo Antão 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. Topo de Coroa (latter part Portuguese for crown, Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: Top da Kuroa) is Santo Antão's

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.

Contents 1 Parishes 2 Settlements 3 Porto Novo (city) 4 Historical population (city) 5 External links

Parishes

The municipality includes two parishes:

• São João Baptista
• Santo André

Settlements

• Porto Novo
• Ribeira da Cruz
• Tarrafal de Monte Trigo

Porto Novo (city)

Porto Novo is also the name of the city that constitutes the seat of the Porto Novo Municipality. See also Administrative divisions of Cape Verde See also Administrative divisions of Cape Verde Nearest places Alto Mira History Geography and Information The mountains dominate the southern part and the area Nearest places Monte Trigo, north Geography The mountains dominate the area to the eastern and the northeastern parts 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. Nearest places--> Historical population Other Pombas has a small school or a collegiate churches banks and a few squares Praças Topo de Coroa (latter part Portuguese for crown, Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: Top da Kuroa) is Santo Antão's Nearest places Monte Trigo, north Geography The mountains dominate the area to the eastern and the northeastern parts

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). Public square and city square redirect here For Public Square Cleveland see Public Square and for City Square in Leeds see Leeds City Square.

Historical population (city)

Year	Population	Change	Density
1990 (June 23, Census)	4,867	-	-
2000 (June 16, Census)	5,532	-	-
2003 (Estimate)	5,900	-	-
2005 (January 1, Computing)	5,580	-	-

External links

• ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)

Northwest: Atlantic Ocean	North: Ribeira Grande	Northeast: Paul
West: Atlantic Ocean	Porto Novo	East: Atlantic Ocean
	South: Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates: 17°01′59″N 25°04′01″W / 17.033, -25.067

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