Porto Novo, Cape Verde

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Island:	Santo Antão
Founded:	1990
ISO 3166-2 code:	`PN`
Website:	Porto Novo

Porto Novo (Portuguese for "new port") is officially the westernmost municipality in Cape Verde and all of Africa but not the mainland. It is a town and a municipality in the island of Santo Antão of Barlavento. It covers two-thirds of the island and home to one-third of the population. Geographical features includes Tope de Coroa elevating around 1,979 m.

Porto Novo are linked with roads linking to Paul and Ribeira Grande and also to Topoa de Coroa and the island's west coast and a small road to Tarrafal de Monte Trigo. The plain area which are consists of farmlands cover the area round Porot Nono, the mountains cover the northern, western and the central parts and some are in valley areas. Much of the municipality are grassy or bushy, a few forests cover the mountain area while farmlands are in the plain around Porto Novo and in valley areas.

Its main economy are businesses in Porto Novo and tourism, it is followed by agriculture which is one of the main industry.

1 Parishes
2 Historical population (town)
3 Settlements
4 Other
5 External links

[edit] Parishes

The municipality includes two parishes including São João Baptista and Santo André.

[edit] Historical population (town)

Year	Population	Change	Density
1990 (June 23, Census)	4,867	-	-
2000 (June 16, Census)	5,532	-	-
2003 (Estimate)	5,900	-	-
2005 (January 1, Computing)	5,580	-	-

[edit] Settlements

Tarrafal de Monte Trigo
Ribeira da Cruz

[edit] Other

Porto Novo has a few schools or collegiates (colegio), a few lyceums (middle schools), a gymnasium (secondary schools), churches, beaches, ports, a post office and squares (praças).

[edit] External links

Northwest: Atlantic Ocean	North: Ribeira Grande	Northeast: Paul
West: Atlantic Ocean	Porto Novo	East: Atlantic Ocean
	South: Atlantic Ocean