Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)
Ribeira Brava is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands .... Situated in the eastern part of the island of São Nicolau, it covers 65% of the island area (224.8 km2), and is home to 59% of its population (7,580 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the city Ribeira Brava. Subdivisions The municipality consists of two '' freguesias'' (civil parishes): * Nossa Senhora da Lapa * Nossa Senhora do Rosário History The municipality was created in 2005, when the older municipality of São Nicolau was split in two, the southwestern part becoming the Municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau and the northeastern part becoming the Municipality of Ribeira Brava. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde
Ribeira Brava is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 on the island of São Nicolau, . It is the seat of the Ribeira Brava Municipality. Its population was 1,936 at the 2010 census. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Administrative Divisions Of Cabo Verde
The territory of Cape Verde is divided into 22 ''concelhos'' (Municipality, 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), which administer the ''concelhos''. Therefore, the ''concelhos'' are the first-level administrative subdivision in Cape Verde. Each municipality has an ''Assembleia Municipal'' (municipal assembly, the legislative body) and a ''Câmara Municipal'' (municipal chamber, the executive body). Every four years elections are held for the Assembleia Municipal, the Câmara Municipal and the President of the Câmara Municipal. Where a municipality consists of several ''freguesias'' (civil parishes), a ''Delegação Municipal'' (municipal delegation) is established in the parishes that do not contain the municipal seat. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands lie between west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The List of islands of Cape Verde, Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles. The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese Empire, Portuguese explorers colonized the islands, establishing one of the first Age of Discovery, European settlements in the tropics. Due to its strategic position, Cape Verde became a significant location in the Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade during the 16th and 17th centuries. The islands experienced economic growth during this period, driven by their role by the rapid emergence of merchants, priva ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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São Nicolau, Cape Verde
São Nicolau (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Saint Nicholas'') is one of the Barlavento Islands, Barlavento (Windward) islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santa Luzia, Cape Verde, Santa Luzia and Sal, Cape Verde, Sal. Its population is 12,424 (2015),Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde), Instituto Nacional de Estatística with an area of . The main towns are Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde, Ribeira Brava and Tarrafal de São Nicolau. History The island was discovered in 1461 or 1462 by Diogo Afonso, together with the islands of São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente and Santo Antão, Cape Verde, Santo Antão.[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nossa Senhora Da Lapa (Ribeira Brava)
Nossa Senhora da Lapa is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the smaller northwestern part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava, on the island of São Nicolau. Subdivisions The ''freguesia'' consists of the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Covoada (pop: 155) * Estância de Brás (pop: 320) * Fajã de Baixo (, of unknown etymology) is a Portuguese term of obscure origin used to describe supratidal talus at the foot of coastal cliffs, caused by landslides or lava flows.G. Lameiras et al. (2009), p.827 Although relatively common world-wide, they ar ... (pop: 620, town)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 , [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nossa Senhora Do Rosário (Ribeira Brava)
Nossa Senhora do Rosário is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the larger eastern part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava, on the island of São Nicolau. Subdivisions The ''freguesia'' consists of the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Água das Patas (pop: 108) * Belém (pop: 132) * Boqueirão (pop: 15) * Cachaço (pop: 393) * Caleijão (pop: 300) * Campinho (pop: 266) * Canto Fajã (pop: 238) * Carriçal (pop: 190) * Carvoeiros (pop 199) * Chã de Norte (pop: 17) * Figueira de Cocho (pop: 1) * Juncalinho (pop: 433, town) * Lompelado (pop: 416) * Morro (pop: 146) * Morro Brás (pop: 188) * Pico Agudo (pop: 118) * Pombas (pop: 125) * Preguiça (pop: 567) * Ribeira Brava (pop: 1,936, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Movement For Democracy (Cape Verde)
The Movement for Democracy (, MpD) is a Christian democratic and liberal parties, liberal party in Cape Verde. Established in 1990, it was the ruling party from 1991 to 2001 and returned to power in the Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2016, 2016 parliamentary election. Its members are nicknamed "" (the Fan (machine), 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 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 1991, January 1991 parliamentary elections, the first multi-party elections in the country's history, the MpD won 56 of the 79 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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African Party For The Independence Of Cape Verde
The African Party for Independence of Cape Verde (, PAICV) is a democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was 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 effectively dissolved the empire, relinquishing Cape Verde within the next year. After the wars ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amílcar Spencer Lopes
Amílcar Spencer Lopes (born September 8, 1948) is a Cape Verdean politician and was the 2nd President of the National Assembly from 1991 to 1996. in pdf He succeeded Abílio Duarte and was succeeded by António do Espírito Santo Fonseca. After, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs succeeding José Tomás Veiga. He had the position up to 1998 and was succeeded by José Luís de Jesus José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , .... References External links Biography at the National Assembly website(pdf) 1948 births Living people Cape Verdean diplomats Ministers of foreign affairs of Cape Verde Ambassadors of Cape Verde to the United States Presidents of the National Assembly (Cape Verde) People from São Nicolau, Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-politician-st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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João Lopes Filho
João Lopes Filho (born c. 1943) is a Cape Verdean anthropologist, historian, university professor, novelist and an investigator. A specialist in the largest studies and works of appreciation of the Cape Verdean Creole, a Central-Western Atlantic African Creole, he was born in Santa Catarina in Santiago. He is the main investigator in anthropology and ethnology in the country, he was one of the most awarded professors in the country, he had written about thirty works. He is a teacher at the University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV), he heads the João Lopes Foundation on Arts and Literature and the Capeverdean Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Life and career He was born to João Lopes in the village of Fajã de Cima (also as Fajã de São Nicolau) on the island of São Nicolau which today forms a part of the municipality of Ribeira Brava. The last name Lopes Filho is considered a single surname meaning "son of a Lopes family member". His father was a journalist who was involve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Municipalities Of Cape Verde
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The English word is derived from French , which in turn derives from the Latin , based on the word for social contract (), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The territory over which a municip ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |