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Vila do Maio
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| Vila do Maio Port Inglês |
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| Island: | Maio (capital) |
| Municipality: | Maio (capital) |
| Parish: | N/A |
| Population: | 3,009 (2005) Ranked 14th in Cape Verde |
| Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest: |
Atlantic Ocean Maio northern part |
| Postal code: | CV-400?--> |
| Area/distance code: | 26x-xxxx |
Vila do Maio, also Porto Inglês (Portuguese for "English port" in which was founded, Cape Verdean Creole: Port Inglês) is a town in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde and also serves its island capital. The town is the 14th largest city in Cape Verde after Pico. Vila do Maio is linked with the island's highway serving to the eastern and the northern portions of the island especially to Pedro Vaz and Morrinho. Vila do Maio has a nice port serving ferry routes only to the island of Santiago with Praia. The terrain around Maio is made up of forests in the northern part and the dry island desert dominates the rest of the area around Maio. A small salt marsh is situated to the northwest.
The national park of Pico d'Antônia, which is Pico's fame, is bounded to the west along its forests and its valley. The mountains including a view of Monte Batalha dominates the northeast.
The population has doubled between 1990 and 2005. The GDP for the town is between low and middle range and living standards are between low and moderate.[citation needed]
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| Year | Population | Change | Density |
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| 1990 (June 23, Census) | 1,573 | - | - |
| 2000 (June 16, Census) | 2,673 | - | - |
| 2005 (January 1, Computing) | 3,009 | - | - |
Maio has a few schools or a collegiate, a middle school, the island's only secondary school, churches, banks and a few squares praças.
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