São Miguel is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the northeastern part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city Calheta de São Miguel. Its population was 15,648 at the 2010 census, and its area is 77.4 km2.2010 Census Summary The municipality was created in 1996, when a parish of the older Municipality of Tarrafal was separated to become the Municipality of São Miguel.History of the municipality of São Miguel Lei nº 11/V/96, p. 71
Subdivisions The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), São Miguel Arcanjo. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements:
Achada Monte (pop: 1,652, town) Calheta de São Miguel (pop: 3,175, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 Casa Branca (pop: 73) Chã de Ponta (pop: 220) Cutelo Gomes (pop: 658) Espinho Branco (pop: 869) Gongon (pop: 207) Igreja (pop: 325) Machado (pop: 130) Mato Correia (pop: 328) Monte Bode (pop: 118) Monte Pousada (pop: 486) Palha Carga (pop: 375) Pedra Barro (pop: 259) Pedra Serrado (pop: 484) Pilão Cão (pop: 1,132) Pingo Chuva (pop: 63) Ponta Verde (pop: 1,065) Principal (pop: 1,193) Ribeireta (pop: 215) Tagarra (pop: 669) Varanda (pop: 445) Veneza (pop: 1,375) Xaxa (pop: 114)
Demography
Politics Since 2004, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:Official results local elections 2016, Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53, 23 September 2016
PartyMunicipal CouncilMunicipal AssemblyVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsMpD69.35767.5012PAICV25.39027.135PP2.0902.210
In the September 2016 municipal elections, Herménio Fernandes won with an absolute majority and became president. At the federal level, São Miguel belongs to the constituency of Santiago North.
Notable people Teodoro Mendes Tavares, current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponta de Pedras in Brazil
References
External links Official website ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)