Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)

Ribeira Brava
Municipality
Main square in Ribeira Brava
Seal
Coordinates: 16.62°N 24.23°W / 16.62; -24.23
Country	Cape Verde
Island	São Nicolau
Seat	Ribeira Brava
Area
• Total	224.8 km^2 (86.8 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	7,580
• Density	34/km^2 (87/sq mi)
ID	31
Website	http://www.cmrb.cv/

Ribeira Brava is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the eastern part of the island of São Nicolau, it covers 65% of the island area (224.8 km²), and is home to 59% of its population (7,580 at the 2010 census).^[2] Its seat is the city Ribeira Brava.

Subdivisions

The municipality consists of two freguesias (civil parishes):

• Nossa Senhora da Lapa
• Nossa Senhora do Rosário

History

The municipality was created in 2005, when the older municipality of São Nicolau was split in two, the southwestern part becoming the Municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau and the northeastern part becoming the Municipality of Ribeira Brava.^[3]

Demography

Population of Ribeira Brava (1980—2010)

Year	Population
1980[4]	11,465
1990[4]	11,556
2000[4]	11,794
2010[2]	7,580

Politics

Since 2016, the local party GIRB is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:^[5]

Party	Municipal Council		Municipal Assembly
	Votes%	Seats	Votes%	Seats
GIRB	32.70	2	31.67	4
MpD	32.50	2	33.32	5
PAICV	29.95	1	30.11	4

Persons

• Amílcar Spencer Lopes (b. 1948), president of the National Assembly between 1991 and 1996
• João Lopes Filho (b. 1950), anthropologist and linguist

References

1. "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.
2. 2010 Census Summary
3. Lei nº 67/VI/2005, p. 61
4. Ribeira Brava, opendataforafrica.org
5. Official results local elections 2016, Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53, 23 September 2016

External links

• Official website of the municipality (in Portuguese)