São Miguel is a ''
concelho
Concelho () is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial subdivision in local government. In comparison, the word ''município'' () refers to the organs of State. This differentiation is still in use in Portugal a ...
'' (municipality) of
Cape Verde
, national_anthem = ()
, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, demonym ...
. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
. Its seat is the city
. Its population was 15,648 at the 2010 census, and its area is 77.4 km
2.
[2010 Census Summary]
/ref> The municipality was created in 1996, when a parish of the older Municipality of Tarrafal was separated to become the Municipality of São Miguel.Lei nº 11/V/96
p. 71
Subdivisions
The municipality consists of one ''
freguesia
''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 Port ...
'' (civil parish), São Miguel Arcanjo. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements:
*
Achada Monte (pop: 1,652, town)
[
* (pop: 3,175, city)][Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015]
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
* Casa Branca (pop: 73)
* Chã de Ponta (pop: 220)
* Cutelo Gomes (pop: 658)
* Espinho Branco (pop: 869)
* Gongon (pop: 207)
* Igreja (pop: 325)
*Machado
Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning the word "axe" or "hatchet" dating back to approximately 2nd century Europe. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Latin America, and India (Southern Tamil Nadu and Southern Kerala) ...
(pop: 130)
* Mato Correia (pop: 328)
* Monte Bode (pop: 118)
* Monte Pousada (pop: 486)
* Palha Carga (pop: 375)
* Pedra Barro (pop: 259)
* Pedra Serrado (pop: 484)
* Pilão Cão (pop: 1,132)
*Pingo Chuva
Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, high and in diameter. They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in permafrost environments, such as the Arctic and subarctic. A pingo is a Periglaciation, periglacial landform, ...
(pop: 63)
*Ponta Verde
Ponta Verde (Portuguese meaning "green tip") is a beach in Maceió, capital city of Alagoas, state with the most beautiful coastline in Brazil.
A tip of land that rises out of the sea and is covered by green palm trees. This is the phenomenon tha ...
(pop: 1,065)
* Principal (pop: 1,193)
* Ribeireta (pop: 215)
* Tagarra (pop: 669)
* Varanda (pop: 445)
*Veneza
Veneza is a settlement in the northeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of São Miguel. It is a suburb of the city of Calheta de São Miguel
Calheta de São Miguel is a city (pop: 1,375)
* Xaxa (pop: 114)
Demography
Politics
Since 2004, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[Official results local elections 2016]
''Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53'', 23 September 2016
In the September 2016 municipal elections, Herménio Fernandes won with an absolute majority and became president. At the federal level, São Miguel belongs to the constituency of Santiago North.
Notable people
*Teodoro Mendes Tavares
Teodoro Mendes Tavares (born 7 January 1964) is a Cape Verdean clergyman and the first and only Cape Verdean-born bishop of any diocese in Brazil, he is currently the third Catholic bishop of Ponta de Pedras, covering the Marajó Archipelago in Pa ...
, current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponta de Pedras in Brazil
References
External links
Official website
ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Miguel
Municipalities of Cape Verde
Geography of Santiago, Cape Verde
1996 establishments in Cape Verde