RIBEIRA GRANDE, CAPE VERDE

'Municipality of Ribeira Grande'
Map
Cape Verde-Ribeira Grande.png
Statistics
Island:	Santo Antão
Founded:	1990
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean Ribeira Grande (about 5 m) southern part
:	RG
Website:	www.anmcv.org/portugues/membro.php?id=rgrande

'Ribeira Grande' (Portuguese for "great stream") is a municipality on the island of Santo Antão of the Barlavento group in Cape Verde. It covers one-third of the island and is home to two-thirds of the population. It was founded in 1990 when the island broke up into three municipalities and ended island-wide administration from Porto Novo. Including Santa Maria, it is one of the few municipalities where the seat is smaller than its largest city being Ponta do Sol since the 1990s.
Ribeira Grande has roads to Porto Novo, Ponta do Sol,and Paul (Paúl). Farmlands dominate the Atlantic Coastline and central valleys. Grasslands, bush, and forests cover the mountainous parts and the central part, along with dry lands. The taller mountains lie to the south.
Its main economy are businesses in Ribeira Grande and tourism, followed by agriculture which is one of the main industries.

Contents

Parishes

Settlements

Historical population (town)

Persons

Other

External links

Parishes

The municipality includes four parishes including:

★ Nossa Senhora do Rosário

★ Nossa Senhora do Livramento

★ Santo Crucifixo

★ São Pedro Apóstolo

Settlements

★ Eito

★ Eito de Baixo

★ Lomba de Santo

★ Ponta do Sol

★ Sinagoga

Historical population (town)

Year	Population	Change	Density
1990 (''June 23'', Census)	2,550	-	-
2005 (''January 1'', Computing)	2,822	-	-

Persons

★ Gabriel Mariano, Capeverdean essayist, novelist & poet

Other

Ribeira Grande has a few schools or colleges (''colegio''), a few lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (secondary schools), churches, beaches, ports, a post office, and squares (''praças'').

External links

★ Municipality of Ribeira Grande

★ ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)

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