São Salvador do Mundo is a ''

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to the southwest and Santa Catarina to the northwest.

Subdivisions

The municipality consists of one ''

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'' (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 (pop: 183) * Burbur (pop: 131) * Covão Grande (pop: 478) * Degredo (pop: 148) * Djéu (pop: 90) * Faveta (pop: 247) * Jalalo Ramos (pop: 239) * Junco (pop: 266) * Leitão Grande (pop: 927) * Leitãozinho (pop: 460) * Manhanga (pop: 177) * Mato Fortes (pop: 179) * Mato Limão (pop: 134) * Pico Freire (pop: 546) * Picos (also: ''Achada Igreja'', pop: 986, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 * Picos Acima (pop: 1,489) * Purgueira (pop: 217) * Rebelo Acima (pop: 54)

History

It was created in 2005, when a parish of the older Municipality of Santa Catarina was separated to become the Municipality of São Salvador do Mundo.Lei nº 65/VI/2005
p. 43 Picos23

Demography

Politics

At the federal level, it belongs to the constituency of Santiago North. Since 2016, 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

External links

ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Salvador Mundo Municipalities of Cape Verde Geography of Santiago, Cape Verde 2005 establishments in Cape Verde