# Administrative divisions of Cape Verde

The territory of Cape Verde is divided into 22 concelhos (municipalities), and subdivided into 32 freguesias (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.
The islands are traditionally divided in two 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

Island group: Barlavento Islands Sotavento Islands
| Map # | Municipality | Island(s) | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2010 census) | Population (2021 Census) | Population density (km$^2$) | Parishes |
| 1 | Municipality of Tarrafal | Santiago | 120.8 | 18,565 | 16,620 | 137.58 | Santo Amaro Abade |
| 2 | Municipality of São Miguel | Santiago | 77.4 | 15,648 | 12,906 | 166.74 | São Miguel Arcanjo |
| 3 | Municipality of São Salvador do Mundo | Santiago | 26.5 | 8,677 | 7,452 | 281.2 | São Salvador do Mundo |
| 4 | Municipality of Santa Cruz | Santiago | 112.2 | 26,609 | 25,004 | 222.85 | Santiago Maior |
| 5 | Municipality of São Domingos | Santiago | 147.5 | 13,808 | 13,958 | 94.63 | Nossa Senhora da Luz São Nicolau Tolentino |
| 6 | Municipality of Praia | Santiago | 102.6 | 131,602 | 142,009 | 1384.1 | Nossa Senhora da Graça |
| 7 | Municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago | Santiago | 137.3 | 8,325 | 7,632 | 55.59 | Santíssimo Nome de Jesus São João Baptista |
| 8 | Municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos | Santiago | 36.9 | 7,388 | 6,317 | 171.19 | São Lourenço dos Órgãos |
| 9 | Municipality of Santa Catarina | Santiago | 242.6 | 43,297 | 37,472 | 154.46 | Santa Catarina |
| 10 | Municipality of Brava | Brava | 62.5 | 5,995 | 5,594 | 89.5 | São João Baptista Nossa Senhora do Monte |
| 11 | Municipality of São Filipe | Fogo | 228.8 | 22,248 | 20,732 | 90.61 | São Lourenço Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
| 12 | Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo | Fogo | 153.0 | 5,299 | 4,725 | 30.88 | Santa Catarina do Fogo |
| 13 | Municipality of Mosteiros | Fogo | 89.5 | 9,524 | 8,062 | 90.08 | Nossa Senhora da Ajuda |
| 14 | Municipality of Maio | Maio | 274.5 | 6,952 | 6,298 | 22.94 | Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| 15 | Municipality of Boa Vista | Boa Vista | 631.1 | 9,162 | 12,613 | 19.98 | Santa Isabel São João Baptista |
| 16 | Municipality of Sal | Sal | 219.8 | 25,765 | 33,347 | 151.72 | Nossa Senhora das Dores |
| 17 | Municipality of Ribeira Brava | São Nicolau | 224.8 | 7,580 | 6,978 | 31.04 | Nossa Senhora da Lapa Nossa Senhora do Rosário |
| 18 | Municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau | São Nicolau | 119.8 | 5,237 | 5,261 | 43.91 | São Francisco |
| 19 | Municipality of São Vicente | São Vicente, Santa Luzia¹ | 260.9 | 76,107 | 74,016 | 283.69 | Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| 20 | Municipality of Porto Novo | Santo Antão | 564.3 | 18,028 | 15,914 | 28.2 | São João Baptista Santo André |
| 21 | Municipality of Ribeira Grande | Santo Antão | 166.5 | 18,890 | 15,022 | 90.22 | Nossa Senhora do Rosário Nossa Senhora do Livramento Santo Crucifixo São Pedro Apóstolo |
| 22 | Municipality of Paul | Santo Antão | 54.3 | 6,997 | 5,696 | 104.9 | Santo António das Pombas |
¹The uninhabited island of Santa Luzia and all its uninhabited islets, Raso and Branco, are part of the Municipality of São Vicente.