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Cape Verdean Local Elections, 2016
Local elections were held in Cape Verde on 4 September 2016. They were a landslide victory for the Movement for Democracy (MpD), that won 18 out of 22 municipalities (13 in 2012). The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) won 2 municipalities (8 in 2012). Results Municipal chamber results The final results are:Official results local elections 2016 , ''Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53'', 23 September 2016 Municipal assembly results The final results are:References Local elections in Cape Verde |
2012 Cape Verdean Local Elections
Local elections were held in Cape Verde on 1 and 22 July 2012. Results Overall, of the 22 municipalities, the Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde), Movement for Democracy (MpD) won in 14 and the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) won in 8. The MpD won two more than in the last elections and the PAICV lost two. The MpD won 47% of the votes and the PAICV won 40,3% of the votes. The abstention was 34%, up from 19,4% in the last local elections. The MpD won in Boa Vista, Cape Verde, Boa Vista, Brava, Cape Verde, Brava, Maio, Cape Verde, Maio, Paul, Cape Verde, Paul, Praia, Cape Verde (municipality), Praia, Santa Catarina, Cape Verde, Santa Catarina, São Miguel, Cape Verde, São Miguel, São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality), São Domingos, São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente, Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality), Tarrafal and Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality), Tarrafal de São Nicolau. The PAICV won in Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sal, Cape Verde
Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde. Sal is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa. Cabo Verde is known for year-round kiteboarding, for the large reserve of Caretta turtles which hatch from July to September, and the music of Cesaria Evora. History For Europeans , the island was discovered on 3 December 1460 and named ''Llana'' ("flat"). This name was changed into the current "Sal" when the two large salt ponds ( Pedra de Lume and Santa Maria) were discovered. The first three centuries after its discovery, the island was only sparsely inhabited; in 1720 there was a small fishing village near present Palmeira. This changed when the salt industry was developed at the end of the 18th century, starting in Pedra de Lume. Santa Maria was founded in the south of the island in 1830 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Cape Verde
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Cape Verde. Incumbents *President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca *Prime Minister: José Maria Neves (until 22 June), José Ulisses Correia e Silva (from 22 June) Events *January 20: Tarrafal camp museum in Santiago Island opened by Prime Minister José Maria Neves and the Portuguese Premier António Costa *March 20: the 2016 parliamentary election took place *April 20: Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos president of the National Assembly *April 22: Ulisses Correia e Silva Prime Minister of Cape Verde *June 22: The current Correia e Silva cabinet begins *September: The Prime Minister and members of his government met with the IMF to discuss the 2016 Article IV consultation. *September 4: the 2016 municipal elections took place *October 2: the 2016 presidential elections took place, President Jorge Carlos Fonseca was re-elected Sports *CS Mindelense won the Cape Verdean Football Championship Deaths *September 16: António Masca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrafal De São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality)
Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32 in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, . With a population of 3,733 (2010 census), it is the most populous settlement of the island. It is the seat of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)
Tarrafal is a ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago. Its seat is the town Tarrafal, Cape Verde, Tarrafal. Its population was 18,565 at the 2010 census, and its area is 120.8 km2. Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, freguesia'' (civil parish), Santo Amaro Abade. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population data from the 2010 census): *Achada Biscanhos (pop: 310) *Achada Lagoa (pop: 64) *Achada Longueira (pop: 520) *Achada Meio (pop: 211) *Achada Moirão (pop: 587) *Achada Tenda (pop: 1,242, town) *Biscainhos (pop: 695) *Chão Bom (pop: 5,166) *Curral Velho (Santiago), Curral Velho (pop: 358) *Fazenda, Cape Verde, Fazenda (pop: 107) *Figueira Muita (pop: 160) *Lagoa (Tarrafal), Lagoa (pop: 55) *Mato Brazil, Mato Brasil (pop: 160) *Mato Mendes (pop: 194) *Milho Branco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Vicente, Cape Verde
São Vicente (Portuguese language, Portuguese for "Vincent of Saragossa, Saint Vincent") is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West Africa, West African coast. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão, Cape Verde, Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, Cape Verde, Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão. Geography The island is roughly rectangle, rectangular in shape with an area of . From east to west it measures and from north to south .Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde), Instituto Nacional de Estatística The island, of volcano, volcanic origin, is fairly flat. The last volcanic activity is considered to have t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Salvador Do Mundo, Cape Verde
São Salvador do Mundo is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the central part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Picos. Its population was 8,677 at the 2010 census, and its area is 26.5 km2, making it the smallest municipality of Cape Verde. The municipality borders Santa Cruz to the northeast, São Lourenço dos Órgãos to the southeast, Ribeira Grande de Santiago to the southwest and Santa Catarina to the northwest. Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''freguesia (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese over ...'' (civil parish), São Salvador do Mundo. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population data from the 2010 census): * Aboboreiro (pop: 532) * Achada Leitão (pop: 1,160) * Babosa (p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Miguel, Cape Verde
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 15,648 at the 2010 census, and its area is 77.4 km2. The municipality was created in 1996, when a parish of the older Municipality of Tarrafal was separated to become the Municipality of São Miguel. p. 71 Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''freguesia
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São Lourenço Dos Órgãos, Cape Verde
São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountainous central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago. Its seat is the city João Teves. Its population was 7,388 at the 2010 census, and its area is 36.9 km2. The municipality is bordered by Santa Cruz, Cape Verde, Santa Cruz to the northeast, São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality), São Domingos to the south, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde, Ribeira Grande de Santiago to the southwest and São Salvador do Mundo, Cape Verde, São Salvador do Mundo to the northwest. Pico de Antónia, the island's highest mountain, straddles the borders of São Lourenço dos Órgãos, São Salvador do Mundo and Ribeira Grande de Santiago. Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, freguesia'' (civil parish), São Lourenço dos Órgãos. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)
São Filipe is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the western part of the island of Fogo, it covers 49% of the island area (228.84 km2), and is home to 60% of its population (22,248 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the city São Filipe. Agriculture is the main employment of the municipality, followed by tourism. Subdivisions The municipality consists of two '' freguesias'' (civil parishes): * São Lourenço * Nossa Senhora da Conceição History It was created in 1991, when the older Municipality of Fogo was split in two, the southwestern part becoming the Municipality of São Filipe and the northeastern part becoming the Municipality of Mosteiros. In 2005, an eastern parish of the municipality was split off to become the Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo. Demography Presidents *Eugênio Miranda da Veiga - MpD (until 2008) *Luís Pires - PAICV (as of early 2016) Politics Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality)
São Domingos is a ''Administrative divisions of Cabo Verde, concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago. Its seat is the city São Domingos, Cape Verde, São Domingos (''Várzea da Igreja''). Its population was 13,699 at the 2010 census, and its area is 147.5 km2. The two major settlements in the concelho are São Domingos and Praia Baixo, São Domingos (population about 3,000) being the largest settlement in the area. Smaller settlements in the area include Água do Gato, Achada Banana and Rui Vaz, which is situated on the edge of a 1 km high cliff overlooking Ribeirão Galinha. While Rui Vaz and Praia Baixo are the main tourist draws in the area, tourism does not constitute a major factor in the region’s overwhelmingly agrarian economy. Farmlands cover the eastern and the central parts, where runoff from the center of the island allows a higher water table and loamier soils than th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
Santa Cruz is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the eastern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Pedra Badejo. Its population was 26,617 at the 2010 census, and its area is 112.2 km2. Economy Its economy is based in agriculture, in which rural population produces agricultural commodities for export to larger markets in Praia, Assomada and Fogo. Small market centers exist in São Lourenço dos Órgãos and Pedra Badejo, which act primary as commodity exchanges where subsistence farmers exchange goods as available with merchants who transport and sell goods in larger markets. The primary agricultural productions include fodder (usually in the form of maize stalks), bananas, papayas and coconuts. Prior to 1981 the area also produced a substantial percentage of the island's maize, but the arrival of large-scale international food aid, while vastly improving the region’s food security, made producing foodstuffs unprofitable. Maize a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
