Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)

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Ribeira Brava
Municipality
Country Cape Verde
Island São Nicolau
Seat town Ribeira Brava
Area 258 km2 (100 sq mi)
Population 13,664 (2005)
Density 53 / km2 (137 / sq mi)
ISO 3166-2 code CV-
Demonym Ribeira-bravense, ~s pl

Ribeira Brava is a municipality on the island of São Nicolau of the Barlavento group in Cape Verde.

Parishes

The municipality includes two parishes:

Settlements

History

It 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.

Demography

Population of Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality) (1940—2010)
1940[1][2] 1950[1][2] 1960[1][2] 1970[1][2] 1980[1][2] 1990[1][2] 2000[2][3] 2010[4]
14846 10366 13866 16308 13572 13665 13661 7869

Persons

  • Amândio Cabral (b. 1934), a Cape Verdean songwriter who currently lives in California.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Source: Statoids
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Includes the population of the present-day Tarrafal de São Nicolau municipality.
  3. ↑ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
  4. ↑ Source: projection to 2010 from the Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
Municipalities of Cape Verde
Municipalities
New municipalities
(2005)

Coordinates: 16°37′N 24°18′W / 16.617°N 24.300°W / 16.617; -24.300


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