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(Add introductory text and/or an image here) Getting started with Cape Verde research[edit | edit source]Cape Verde was probably discovered in 1456 by Luigi da Cadamosto, who at that time was in service to Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (Henrique o Navegador); the islands showed no signs of any previous human settlement. In 1462, São Tiago was the first island to receive settlers. Plantation agriculture was established by the Portuguese community and worked by African slaves, who were brought in from the adjacent Guinea coast. Read more... Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]The nine inhabited islands of Cape Verde are divided into two geographical groups, the Barlavento (windward) Islands (Boa Vista, Sal, Santa Luzia, Santo Antão, São Nicolau, and São Vicente) and the Sotavento (leeward) Islands (Brava, Fogo, Santiago, and Maio). Each of these islands is hosts one or more municipalities, plus towns and parishes; all but towns are as follows: Barlavento Islands (island group)[edit | edit source]Santo Antão (island)[edit | edit source]Ribeira Grande (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora do Rosário (parish) Paul (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santo António das Pombas (parish) Porto Novo (municipality)[edit | edit source]São João Baptista (parish) São Vicente and Santa Luzia (islands) [edit | edit source]São Vicente (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora da Luz (parish) São Nicolau (island)[edit | edit source]Ribeira Brava (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora da Lapa (parish) Tarrafal de São Nicolau (municipality)[edit | edit source]São Francisco (parish) Sal (island)[edit | edit source]Sal (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora das Dores (parish) Boa Vista (island)[edit | edit source]Boa Vista (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santa Isabel (parish)
Sotovento Islands (island group)[edit | edit source]Maio (island)[edit | edit source]Maio (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora da Luz (parish) Santiago (island)[edit | edit source]Praia (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora da Graça (parish) São Domingos (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora da Luz (parish) Santa Catarina (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santa Catarina (parish) São Salvador do Mundo (municipality)[edit | edit source]São Salvador do Mundo (parish) Santa Cruz (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santiago Maior (parish) São Lourenço dos Órgãos (municipality)[edit | edit source]São Lourenço dos Órgãos (parish) Ribeira Grande de Santiago (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santíssimo Nome de Jesus (parish) São Miguel (municipality)[edit | edit source]São Miguel Arcanjo (parish) Tarrafal (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santo Amaro Abade (parish) Fogo (island)[edit | edit source]São Filipe (municipality)[edit | edit source]São Lourenço (parish) Santa Catarina do Fogo (municipality)[edit | edit source]Santa Catarina do Fogo (parish) Mosteiros (municipality)[edit | edit source]Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (parish) Brava (island)[edit | edit source]Brava (municipality)[edit | edit source]São João Baptista (parish) Research Tools[edit | edit source]
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