The municipality and parish
The municipality consists of one '' freguesia'' (civil parish), Santo António das Pombas. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Cabo da Ribeira (pop: 912) * Campo de Cão (pop: 787) * Eito (pop: 979) * Figueiral (pop: 591) * Janela (pop: 1,658) * Pico da Cruz (pop: 138) * Pombas (pop: 1,295, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015Demography
Geography
The municipality has a rugged landscape, defined by the mountain valleys of the rivers Ribeira do Paul, Ribeira das Pombas, Ribeira de Gil, Ribeira da Janela, Ribeira do Penedo and Ribeira da Aguada. Its southwesternmost point is formed by the Cova Caldera. Its highest point is Pico da Cruz, at 1585 m elevation. The Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park lies partly in the municipality of Paul. The national roads EN1-SA02 and EN1-SA03 connect Pombas with Ribeira Grande and Porto Novo, respectively.History
In 1867 the municipalities of Paul (covering the area of current Paul and Porto Novo) and Ribeira Grande were created from the previous municipality that covered the whole island of Santo Antão. These were merged in 1895 into one municipality, and recreated in 1917. In 1962 the municipality of Paul received its current borders, when the new municipality of Porto Novo was created.Notable people
* Antoninho Travadinha, commonly known as Travadinha, an autodidactic musician * Josefina Chantre, fought for the end of Portuguese colonialism and for the independence ofPolitics
Since 2012, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:Official results local elections 2016Sister cities
Paul has five sister municipalities, all of them are in Portugal: Almodôvar, Benavente, Gavião, Odivelas and Sernancelhe.References
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