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Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)
Ribeira Grande is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, it covers one fifth of the island area (166.5 km2), and is home to nearly half of its population (18,890 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the city Ponta do Sol. Subdivisions The municipality consists of four ''freguesias'' (civil parishes): *Nossa Senhora do Rosário * Nossa Senhora do Livramento * Santo Crucifixo * São Pedro Apóstolo Demography Geography The municipality has a rugged landscape, stretching from the mountains in the interior of the island to the north coast. It has several deep river valleys, including those of Ribeira da Garça, Ribeira Grande and Ribeira da Torre. It borders the municipality Paul to the east and Porto Novo to the south. The protected areas Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park, Moroços and Cruzinha lie (partly) within the municipality.. History In 1732 the Municipality of Santo Antão was created, with its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponta Do Sol, Cape Verde
Ponta do Sol (formerly: ''Vila Dona Maria Pia'') is the northernmost cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 on the island of Santo Antão and . It is situated on the coast, 4 km northwest of |
Moroços
Moroços Natural Park (''Parque Natural de Moroços''), in the middle of the island of Santo Antão, is one of ten "natural parks" in Cape Verde.Parques Naturais Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde The protected area is .Resolução nº 36/2016 Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas It covers of the municipality of , and of |
Ribeira Grande Municipality
Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde *Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão *Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão *Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipality on the island of Santo Antão *Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde Ribeira Grande de Santiago is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the southwestern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Cidade Velha. Its population was 8,325 at the 2010 census, and its area is 137.3&nbs ..., a municipality on the island of Santiago Portugal * Ribeira Grande (Azores), a municipality on the island of São Miguel, Azores {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponta Do Sol, Madeira
Ponta do Sol (; en, "Cape of the Sun") is a municipality in the southwestern coast of the island of Madeira, in the archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 8,862, in an area of . History The settlement of Ponta do Sol began shortly after the discovery of the island of Madeira, around 1420. Geography Ponta do Sol is located between Ribeira-Brava and Calheta, on the southwest coast of Madeira, linked to Funchal (the capital) and surrounding communities by the main regional road. The municipality is crossed by a few pedestrian hiking trails, that usually follow the ''levadas'' ( en, aqueducts) carrying water from the mountains. Human geography Administratively, the municipal government is located in the civil parish (''freguesia'') of Ponta do Sol, while local government is handled through the three civil parishes: * Canhas * Madalena do Mar Madalena do Mar is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta do Sol in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. The populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torres Novas
Torres Novas () is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Centro region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717 (from the 2011 census), with the city of Torres Novas (seat of the municipality) has about 15,000 inhabitants in an area that encompasses . History Pre-Monarchy The earliest sign of human life in the Portuguese territory is the 400,000 year old skull discovered at the Cave of Aroeira in 2017. The territory of Torres Novas was settled as early as the Paelothic in areas situated along the margins of the karstic network of the River Almonda, such as the grottos in Buraca da Moura, Buraca da Oliveira and Lapa da Bugalheira. During the primordial period before Roman occupation, there were various ''villae'' that were populated in the region. Vila Cardílio, a Luso-Roman settlement was occupied in the first or second century A.D. In it, archaeologists discovered coloured mosaics, coins, sculptures and Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel De Novas
Manuel d' Novas (February 24, 1938 — September 28, 2009) was a Cape Verdean poet and composer. Biography Manuel Jesus Lopes was born in Penha da França, one of the neighbourhoods of Ribeira Grande on the island of Santo Antão, he became one of the most important poets and composers of Cape Verde. His music is known all over the world, through performers like Cesária Évora, Bana and others. He lived in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. He visited 35 Rua de Moeda where other Cape Verdean musicians visited including Bana. He took part in the 2003 Baía das Gatas Music Festival. Manuel died on September 27, 2009, from a stroke he suffered for three years that started in Portugal, after staying at the hospital named Baptista de Sousa for about a week. He was buried later in Mindelo. Some famous poems in crioul * ''Apocalipse'' * ''Nôs raça'', ''D. Ana'', ''Cumpade Cizóne'', ''Ess Pais'' * ''Tudo tem se limite'', ''Cumpade Ciznone'' * ''Lamento d'um emigrante'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Mariano
José Gabriel Lopes da Silva, also known as Gabriel Mariano (May 18, 1928 in Ribeira Grande – February 18, 2002 in Lisbon, Portugal), was a Cape Verdean poet, novelist, and an essayist. He studied at São Joaquim and graduated as director in Lisbon. He returned to Cape Verde 1950 where he participated in the creation of the magazine ''Restoration'' (with Jorge Pedro Barbosa and others), the ''Cultural Supplement'' (with Carlos Alberto Monteiro and others) and ''Boletim Cabo Verde'' (''Cabo Verde Bulletin''). His cultural activity brought him to the attention of the local governor and he was deported to Mozambique. He published poems, novels and essays, in Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. After independence, he returned to Cape Verde. He wrote ''Vida e Morte de João Cabafume'' in 1976 which won the African Literary Award, an essay on Capeverdean culture in 1991 and a poetic anthology named ''Ladeira Grande'' in 1993. He spent the remainder of his life in Portugal, he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Do Espírito Santo Fonseca
António do Espírito Santo Fonseca (born April 26, 1951) is a former Cape Verdean politician and was the 3rd president of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2001. in pdf He succeeded Amílcar Spencer Lopes and was succeeded by Aristides Raimundo Lima Aristides Raimundo Lima (born August 31, 1955) is a former Cape Verdean politician and was the 4th president of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2011. in pdf Biography Aristides Lima was born in the island of Boa Vista. He later studied at th .... References External linksBiography at the National Assembly website(pdf) 1951 births Living people Cape Verdean diplomats Presidents of the National Assembly (Cape Verde) People from Santo Antão, Cape Verde African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde politicians {{CapeVerde-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic And Independent Cape Verdean Union
The Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union ( pt, União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática, UCID) is a conservative political party in Cape Verde. History The party had its roots in the Democratic Union of Cape Verde (''União Democrática de Cabo Verde'', UDCV), a group that emerged from the Juridicial Congress of Cape Verde on 23 February 1975.Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Scarecrow Press, p228 However, the UDCV was excluded from negotiations on independence with the Portuguese government. The Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union was formally established in Lisbon, Portugal in 1981 by a group of centre-right Cape Verdean exiles.Lobban & Saucier, p229 When multi-party politics was introduced at the start of the 1990s, the party did not contest the 1991 parliamentary elections after failing to file its application papers in time.Lobban & Saucier, p230 In internal elections in 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Party For The Independence Of Cape Verde
The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde, PAICV) is a democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was formerly a Marxist–Leninist communist party and the sole legal party in the country from 1981 to 1990. Its members are nicknamed "" (the tamarinds) in Portuguese, and they identify themselves with the color yellow. History In 1956, its forerunner, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was founded by the Cape Verdean nationalist leader Amílcar Cabral (born in Guinea-Bissau). PAIGC fought to overthrow the Portuguese Empire, unify Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, and use its vanguardism to advance socialist revolution. From 1961 on, the PAIGC fought a guerrilla warfare campaign in cooperation with its fraternal party umbrella group, the CONCP, during the Portuguese Colonial War. By 1973 the PAIGC controlled Guinea-Bissau, while Portugal's own Carnation Revolution in 1974 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde, PAICV) is a democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was formerly a Marxist–Leninist communist party and the sole legal par ... (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 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For Democracy (Cape Verde)
The Movement for Democracy ( pt, Movimento para a Democracia, MpD) is a Christian democratic and liberal party in Cape Verde. Established in 1990, it was the ruling party from 1991 to 2001 and returned to power in the 2016 parliamentary election. Its members are nicknamed "" (the wind fans) in Portuguese, a reference to the party's logo. History The MpD was established on 14 March 1990 by Carlos Veiga after Prime Minister Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV, formerly the sole legal party) allowed its creation.Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Scarecrow Press, p. 159 The party was publicly launched in May 1990, and its first convention was held in November 1990. In the January 1991 parliamentary elections, the first multi-party elections in the country's history, the MpD won 56 of the 79 seats in the National Assembly. In the presidential elections the following mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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