Porto Novo is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde.

Its highest point, which is also the highest point of the entire island, is Tope de Coroa, elevation 1,979 metres (6,493 feet).

The municipality of Porto Novo was created in 1962 when the parishes of São João Baptista and Santo André were separated from the older Municipality of Paul.

[3] The municipality consists of two freguesias (civil parishes): Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality.

The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[5] Porto Novo is twinned with three municipalities in Portugal: Angra do Heroísmo, Estarreja and Tavira.