São Vicente is a Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

an municipality. It includes all the island of São vicente

São Vicente, Cape Verde

São Vicente , also Son Visent or Son Sent in Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão.- Geography :The island is roughly rectangular in shape...

 plus the nearby uninhabited Santa Luzia island

Santa Luzia, Cape Verde

Santa Luzia is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau and São Vicente. The area is 35 km² . The highest point is Monte Grande elevating 395 m...

 to the southeast. The “Dia do Município” or “Municipality Day” is on January 22. The municipality includes only one parish, Nossa Senhora da Luz.

Settlements

• Baia das Gatas
  Baía das Gatas
  Baía das Gatas is the name of a natural bay in the northeast of São Vicente Island in Cape Verde. It is located 10 km east of the city of Mindelo, the island's capital. Baía das Gatas is linked with a road that passes through the mountains with Mindelo to the west. There is yet no road to Calhau...
  
  , E
• Calhau, E
• Lazareto, W
• Madeiral, S
• Mato Inglês, E cen.
• Mindelo
  Mindelo
  For the parish in Portugal, see Mindelo, PortugalMindelo , is a port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality...
  
  , N
• Salamansa, N
• Seixal, ESE
• São Pedro
  São Pedro, Cape Verde
  São Pedro is the small fishing town situated in the southwest of the island municipality of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The island's airport is just slightly to the northeast. It is located 7 km southwest of Mindelo, the island capital and is the soouthwesternmost point of the road...
  
  , SW
• Topim, ESE

History

In older times it belonged to the older Municipality of Santo Antão, but by the beginning of the XX century it was already a separated municipality. Later, the island of Santa Luzia that belonged to the older Municipality of São Nicolau, was integrated in the Municipality of São Vicente.

Demography

Population of São Vicente, Cape Verde (municipality) (1940—2010)
1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
15848	19576	20705	31578	41594	51277	67163	81244