Boa Vista, Cape Verde (municipality)

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Boa Vista
Municipality
Location of Boa Vista
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Country Cape Verde
Island Boa Vista
Area
 • Total 631.1 km2 (243.7 sq mi)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 8,698
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)

Boa Vista is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It covers the whole island of Boa Vista. Its capital is the town Sal Rei. The municipality consists of two freguesias (civil parishes):

Demography

Population of Boa Vista, Cape Verde (municipality) (1940—2010)
1940[2] 1950[2] 1960[2] 1970[2] 1980[2] 1990[2] 2000[3] 2010[4]
2779 2985 3263 3569 3372 3452 4209 8696

Politics

The Movement for Democracy is the ruling party of the municipality which won 58.6% in the last election.

Municipal assembly

2004
%
2004
seats
2008
%
2008
seats
2012
%
2012
seats
Movement for Democracy 64.78 8 62.6 - 58.6 8
PAICV 35.22 5 34 - 29 4
FV.BV - - - - 9.5 1

Municipality

2004
%
2004
seats
2008
%
2008
seats
2012
%
2012
seats
Movement for Democracy 65.04 5 65.6 5 59.3 5
PAICV 34.96 0 31.3 0 28.5 0
FV.BV - - - - 8.9 0

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Source: Statoids
  3. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
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