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Porto Novo
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| Country | Cape Verde |
| Municipality | Porto Novo (seat) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,430 |
Porto Novo is the city that constitutes the seat of the Porto Novo municipality, in the island of Santo Antão, in Cape Verde. Porto Novo is linked with roads linking to Pombas and Ribeira Grande and also to Topo da Coroa and the island's west coast and a small road to Tarrafal de Monte Trigo.
The city was once called Carvoeiros, and it gradually became the largest urban settlement of the island, and has the main harbor of the island for commercial exchanges.
According to 2005 data, the city had 8,450 inhabitants.
| Population of the city of Porto Novo, Cape Verde (1990–2005)[1] | ||
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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 |
| 4867 | 7685 | 8450 |
Porto Novo has a few schools or collegiates (colégio), a few lyceums (middle schools), a gymnasium (secondary schools), churches, beaches, ports, a post office and squares (praças).