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This is a '''list of cities and towns in [[Cape Verde]]'''. In Cape Verde, there are two types of urban settlements: cities ({{langx|pt|cidades}}) and towns ({{langx|pt|vilas}}). Since 2015, there are 24 cities and 19 towns.<ref name=yearbook>[http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/statistical-yearbook-cv-2015_en.pdf Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015], [[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde)|Instituto Nacional de Estatística]], p. 32-33</ref> Every seat of a municipality has been designated a city.
== Cities ==
The following table shows the cities (''cidades'') of Cape Verde, with population data from 1990,<ref name="citypopulation">Source: [http://www.citypopulation.de/CapeVerde.html City Population], citing the [http://www.ine.cv/ Instituto Nacional de Estatística of Cape Verde]</ref> 2000<ref name="citypopulation"/> and 2010.<ref name=census10>{{cite web|url=http://ine.cv/ine_censos_quadros_category/rgph-dados-por-zonas-e-lugares/|title=2010 Census results|work=[[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde)|Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde]]|date=24 November 2016|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!City || Pop. 1990 ||  Pop. 2000 || Pop. 2010 ||Municipality
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|[[Praia]] || align=right | 61,644 || align=right |  || align=right | 130,271 || [[Praia, Cape Verde (municipality)|Praia]]
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|[[Mindelo]] || align=right | 47,109 || align=right | 62,497 || align=right | 69,904 || [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|São Vicente]]
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|[[Espargos]] || align=right | 5,578 || align=right | || align=right | 17,081  || [[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]]
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|[[Assomada]] || align=right | 3,414 || align=right | 7,067 || align=right | 12,332 || [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde|Santa Catarina]]
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|[[Pedra Badejo]] || align=right | 5,302 || align=right | 8,519 || align=right | 9,859 || [[Santa Cruz, Cape Verde|Santa Cruz]]
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|[[Porto Novo, Cape Verde|Porto Novo]] || align=right | 4,867 || align=right | 7,685 || align=right | 9,310 || [[Porto Novo, Cape Verde (municipality)|Porto Novo]]
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|[[São Filipe, Cape Verde|São Filipe]] || align=right | 5,616 || align=right |  || align=right | 8,122 || [[São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Filipe]]
|-
|[[Tarrafal, Cape Verde|Tarrafal]] || align=right | 3,626 || align=right | 5,772 || align=right | 6,656 || [[Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal]]
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|[[Santa Maria, Cape Verde|Santa Maria]] || align=right | 1,343 || align=right | || align=right |6,258 || [[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]]
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|[[Sal Rei]] || align=right | 1,522 || align=right | 2,024 || align=right | 5,778 || [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Boa Vista]]
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|[[Mosteiros, Cape Verde|Mosteiros]] (''Igreja'') || align=right |  || align=right | 358 || align=right | 4,124 || [[Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality)|Mosteiros]]
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|[[Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde|Tarrafal de São Nicolau]] || align=right |  || align=right |  || align=right | 3,733 || [[Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal de São Nicolau]]
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|[[Calheta de São Miguel]] || align=right |  || align=right | 4,967 || align=right | 3,175 || [[São Miguel, Cape Verde|São Miguel]]
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|[[Porto Inglês]] (''Cidade do Maio'')|| align=right | 1,573 || align=right | 2,664 || align=right | 2,971 || [[Maio, Cape Verde|Maio]]
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|[[São Domingos, Cape Verde|São Domingos]] (''Várzea da Igreja'')|| align=right |  || align=right | 1,600 || align=right | 2,818 || [[São Domingos, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Domingos]]
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|[[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde|Ribeira Grande]] (''Povoação'')|| align=right | 2,550 || align=right |  || align=right | 2,564 || [[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Grande]]
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|[[Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde|Ponta do Sol]] || align=right | 1,505 || align=right | || align=right | 2,143 || [[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Grande]]
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|[[Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde|Ribeira Brava]] || align=right | 1,899 || align=right |  || align=right | 1,936 || [[Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Brava]]
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|[[Nova Sintra]] || align=right | 1,890 || align=right | 1,852 || align=right | 1,536 || [[Brava, Cape Verde|Brava]]
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|[[Pombas, Cape Verde|Pombas]] || align=right | 1,161 || align=right | 1,796 || align=right | 1,295 || [[Paul, Cape Verde|Paul]]
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|[[Cova Figueira]] || align=right | || align=right | || align=right | 1,230 || [[Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde|Santa Catarina do Fogo]]
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|[[Cidade Velha]] (''Santiago de Cabo Verde'') || align=right |  || align=right | || align=right | 1,214 || [[Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Cape Verde|Ribeira Grande de Santiago]]
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|[[Picos, Cape Verde|Picos]] (''Achada Igreja'') || align=right | || align=right | || align=right | 986 || [[São Salvador do Mundo, Cape Verde|São Salvador do Mundo]]
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|[[João Teves]] || align=right | || align=right | || align=right | 703 || [[São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde|São Lourenço dos Órgãos]]
|-
|}
== Towns ==
The following table shows the towns (''vilas'') of Cape Verde, with population data from 2010.<ref name=census10/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Town || Pop. 2010 ||Municipality
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|[[Ribeira da Barca]] || align=right | 2,317 || [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde|Santa Catarina]]
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|[[Achada Lem|Achada Falcão]] || align=right | 2,088 || [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde|Santa Catarina]]
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|[[Achada Monte]] || align=right | 1,652 || [[São Miguel, Cape Verde|São Miguel]]
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|[[Palmeira, Cape Verde|Palmeira]] || align=right | 1,420 || [[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]]
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|[[Rabil]] || align=right | 1,248 || [[Boa Vista, Cape Verde|Boa Vista]]
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|[[Achada Tenda]] || align=right | 1,242 || [[Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal]]
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|[[Chã de Tanque]] || align=right | 1,164 || [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde|Santa Catarina]]
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|[[Calheta, Cape Verde|Calheta]] || align=right | 1,156 || [[Maio, Cape Verde|Maio]]
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|[[Ponta Verde, Cape Verde|Ponta Verde]] || align=right | 1,072 || [[São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Filipe]]
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|[[Ribeira da Prata]] || align=right | 1,009 || [[Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal]]
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|[[Coculi]] || align=right | 901 || [[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Grande]]
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|[[Patim]] || align=right | 876 || [[São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)|São Filipe]]
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|[[Chã de Igreja]] || align=right | 672 || [[Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Grande]]
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|[[Fajã de Baixo, Cape Verde|Fajã de Baixo]] || align=right | 620 || [[Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Brava]]
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|[[Lajedo, Cape Verde|Ribeira das Patas]] || align=right | 558 || [[Porto Novo, Cape Verde (municipality)|Porto Novo]]
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|[[Barreiro, Cape Verde|Barreiro]] || align=right | 535 || [[Maio, Cape Verde|Maio]]
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|[[Praia Branca]] || align=right | 521 || [[Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality)|Tarrafal de São Nicolau]]
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|[[Juncalinho]] || align=right | 433 || [[Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde (municipality)|Ribeira Brava]]
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|[[Nossa Senhora do Monte, Cape Verde|Nossa Senhora do Monte]] || align=right | 271 || [[Brava, Cape Verde|Brava]]
|}
== See also ==
*[[List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.ine.cv/ Instituto Nacional de Estatistica de Cabo Verde]
* [http://gazetteer.de/ World Gazetteer – Population of the towns and cities in Cape Verde]
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