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- ↑ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
- 1 2 Source: City Population, citing the Instituto Nacional de Estatística of Cape Verde
- 1 2 "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 24 November 2016.