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The territory of '''[[Cape Verde]]''' is divided into 22 '''''[[concelho]]s''''' ([[Municipality|municipalities]]), and subdivided into 32 '''''[[freguesia]]s''''' (equivalent to [[civil parish]]).

In Portuguese language usage, there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ. Administratively, right below [[the government]], there are the '''''municípios''''' (municipalities), which administer the ''concelhos''. Therefore, the ''concelhos'' are the first-level administrative subdivision in Cape Verde. Each municipality has an ''[[Assembleia Municipal]]'' (municipal assembly, the legislative body) and a ''[[Câmara Municipal]]'' (municipal chamber, the executive body). Every four years elections are held for the Assembleia Municipal, the Câmara Municipal and the President of the Câmara Municipal. Where a municipality consists of several ''freguesias'' (civil parishes), a ''Delegação Municipal'' (municipal delegation) is established in the parishes that do not contain the municipal seat.<ref>[http://www.interface.gov.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=12&Itemid=314 Lei nº 134/IV/95, Estatuto dos Municípios] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913092816/http://interface.gov.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=12&Itemid=314 |date=2016-09-13 }}, p. 83-127</ref>

The islands are traditionally divided in two [[Geography|geographic]] regions (with no administrative meaning):

* [[Barlavento Islands]] (windward), the six northern islands and
* [[Sotavento Islands]] (leeward), the four southern ones.

==Municipalities and civil parishes==
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Image:Cv map mun num.gif|thumb|right|350px|Municipalities of Cape Verde
rect 18 197 35 219 [[Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal]]
rect 91 222 111 245 [[São Miguel, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Miguel]]
rect 120 231 138 254 [[São Salvador do Mundo, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Salvador do Mundo]]
rect 129 262 146 284 [[Santa Cruz, Cape Verde (municipality)|Santa Cruz]]
rect 157 303 173 327 [[São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Domingos]]
rect 119 342 137 365 [[Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)|Praia]]
rect 71 365 90 387 [[Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Grande de Santiago]]
rect 27 357 45 382 [[São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Lourenço dos Órgãos]]
rect 47 284 65 306 [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde (municipality)|Santa Catarina]]
rect 111 441 141 462 [[Brava, Cape Verde|Brava]]
rect 174 471 200 495 [[São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Filipe]]
rect 223 441 251 465 [[Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde (municipality)|Santa Catarina do Fogo]]
rect 206 407 235 430 [[Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality)|Mosteiros]]
rect 444 374 474 396 [[Maio, Cape Verde|Maio]]
rect 478 218 506 241 [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Boa Vista]]
rect 426 113 455 137 [[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]]
rect 233 104 264 128 [[Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Brava]]
rect 176 142 206 165 [[Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal de São Nicolau]]
rect 102 110 130 133 [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|São Vicente]]
rect 36 47 65 70 [[Porto Novo, Cape Verde (municipality)|Porto Novo]]
rect 40 3 69 26 [[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Grande]]
rect 96 25 128 47 [[Paul, Cape Verde (municipality)|Paul]]
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Island group: {{legend0|cyan|[[Barlavento Islands]]}} {{legend0|pink|[[Sotavento Islands]]}}
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| Map # | Municipality | Island(s) | Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=resumo>[http://ine.cv/censo_quadros/resumo-dos-indicadores-rgph-2010/ 2010 Census Summary]</ref> | Population<br/>(2010 census)<ref name=resumo/> | Population<br/>(2021 Census)<ref>[http://ine.cv/publicacoes/anuario-estatistico-cabo-verde-2021/ 2021 Census Summary]</ref> | Population density ({{km2}})  | Parishes
| 1 | [[Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of Tarrafal]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 120.8 | 18,565 | 16,620 | 137.58 | [[Santo Amaro Abade]]
| 2 | [[São Miguel, Cape Verde|Municipality of São Miguel]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 77.4 | 15,648 | 12,906 | 166.74 | [[São Miguel Arcanjo (São Miguel)|São Miguel Arcanjo]]
| 3 | [[São Salvador do Mundo, Cape Verde|Municipality of São Salvador do Mundo]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 26.5 | 8,677 | 7,452 | 281.2 | [[São Salvador do Mundo (São Salvador do Mundo)|São Salvador do Mundo]]
| 4 | [[Santa Cruz, Cape Verde|Municipality of Santa Cruz]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 112.2 | 26,609 | 25,004 | 222.85 | [[Santiago Maior (Santa Cruz)|Santiago Maior]]
| 5 | [[São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of São Domingos]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 147.5 | 13,808 | 13,958 | 94.63 | [[Nossa Senhora da Luz (São Domingos)|Nossa Senhora da Luz]]<br/>[[São Nicolau Tolentino (São Domingos)|São Nicolau Tolentino]]
| 6 | [[Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of Praia]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 102.6 | 131,602 | 142,009 | 1384.1 | [[Nossa Senhora da Graça (Praia)|Nossa Senhora da Graça]]
| 7 | [[Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde|Municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 137.3 | 8,325 | 7,632 | 55.59 | [[Santíssimo Nome de Jesus]]<br/>[[São João Baptista (Praia)|São João Baptista]]
| 8 | [[São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde|Municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 36.9 | 7,388 | 6,317 | 171.19 | [[São Lourenço dos Órgãos (São Lourenço dos Órgãos)|São Lourenço dos Órgãos]]
| 9 | [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde|Municipality of Santa Catarina]] | [[Santiago, Cape Verde|Santiago]] | 242.6 | 43,297 | 37,472 | 154.46 | [[Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina)|Santa Catarina]]
| 10 | [[Brava, Cape Verde|Municipality of Brava]] | [[Brava, Cape Verde|Brava]] | 62.5 | 5,995 | 5,594 | 89.5 | [[São João Baptista (Brava)|São João Baptista]]<br/>[[Nossa Senhora do Monte (Cape Verde)|Nossa Senhora do Monte]]
| 11 | [[São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of São Filipe]] | [[Fogo, Cape Verde|Fogo]] | 228.8 | 22,248 | 20,732 | 90.61 | [[São Lourenço (São Filipe)|São Lourenço]]<br/>[[Nossa Senhora da Conceição (São Filipe)|Nossa Senhora da Conceição]]
| 12 | [[Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde|Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo]] | [[Fogo, Cape Verde|Fogo]] | 153.0 | 5,299 | 4,725 | 30.88 | [[Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde|Santa Catarina do Fogo]]
| 13 | [[Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of Mosteiros]] | [[Fogo, Cape Verde|Fogo]] | 89.5 | 9,524 | 8,062 | 90.08 | [[Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (parish)|Nossa Senhora da Ajuda]]
| 14 | [[Maio, Cape Verde|Municipality of Maio]] | [[Maio, Cape Verde|Maio]] | 274.5 | 6,952 | 6,298 | 22.94 | [[Nossa Senhora da Luz (Maio)|Nossa Senhora da Luz]]
| 15 | [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Municipality of Boa Vista]] | [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Boa Vista]] | 631.1 | 9,162 | 12,613 | 19.98 | [[Santa Isabel (Boa Vista)|Santa Isabel]]<br/>[[São João Baptista (Boa Vista)|São João Baptista]]
| 16 | [[Sal, Cape Verde|Municipality of Sal]] | [[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]] | 219.8 | 25,765 | 33,347 | 151.72 | [[Nossa Senhora das Dores (Sal)|Nossa Senhora das Dores]]
| 17 | [[Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of Ribeira Brava]] | [[São Nicolau, Cape Verde|São Nicolau]] | 224.8 | 7,580 | 6,978 | 31.04 | [[Nossa Senhora da Lapa (Ribeira Brava)|Nossa Senhora da Lapa]]<br/>[[Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Ribeira Brava)|Nossa Senhora do Rosário]]
| 18 | [[Tarrafal de São Nicolau (municipality)|Municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau]] | [[São Nicolau, Cape Verde|São Nicolau]] | 119.8 | 5,237 | 5,261 | 43.91 | [[São Francisco (Tarrafal de São Nicolau)|São Francisco]]
| 19 | [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|Municipality of São Vicente]] | [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|São Vicente]],<br>[[Santa Luzia, Cape Verde|Santa Luzia]]¹ | 260.9 | 76,107 | 74,016 | 283.69 | [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|Nossa Senhora da Luz]]
| 20 | [[Porto Novo, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of Porto Novo]] | [[Santo Antão, Cape Verde|Santo Antão]] | 564.3 | 18,028 | 15,914 | 28.2 | [[São João Baptista (Santo Antão)|São João Baptista]]<br/>[[Santo André (Porto Novo)|Santo André]]
| 21 | [[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of Ribeira Grande]] | [[Santo Antão, Cape Verde|Santo Antão]] | 166.5 | 18,890 | 15,022 | 90.22 | [[Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Ribeira Grande)|Nossa Senhora do Rosário]]<br/>[[Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Cape Verde|Nossa Senhora do Livramento]]<br/>[[Santo Crucifixo]]<br/>[[São Pedro Apóstolo]]
| 22 | [[Paul, Cape Verde|Municipality of Paul]] | [[Santo Antão, Cape Verde|Santo Antão]] | 54.3 | 6,997 | 5,696 | 104.9 | [[Paul, Cape Verde|Santo António das Pombas]]
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¹The uninhabited island of [[Santa Luzia, Cape Verde|Santa Luzia]] and all its uninhabited islets, [[Ilhéu Raso|Raso]] and [[Ilhéu Branco|Branco]], are part of the [[São Vicente, Cape Verde (municipality)|Municipality of São Vicente]].

==See also==
* [[ISO 3166-2:CV]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.statoids.com/ucv.html Counties of Cape Verde at Statoids.com]

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