São Filipe

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Municipality of São Filipe

Statistics
Island:	Fogo
Seat:	São Filipe
Population:	27,826 (2000)
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean about 10 m (São Filipe) Mount Fogo
Location:	14./14°55' N lat. 23./23°31' W long.
ISO 3166-2 code:	`CV-SF`
Website:	www.sao-filipe.com

São Filipe (Portuguese for "Saint Philip"), or San Filipe in the Djarfogo Capeverdean Crioulo, is the capital of the island of Fogo in the Sotavento archipelago of Cape Verde. São Filipe was the third largest city in Cape Verde, after that it is now the fifth largest city in Cape Verde. São Filipe is linked with a road that encircles the whole island but not fully paved. São Filipe is located SW of Mosteiros and in the southwestern part of the island. It is known for its black sand beach, abundant gardens, trees, flowers, flora and its historic architecture and is also home to the island's airport located in the south, a port to the north and to a prison. The island offers a view of the neighboring island of Brava to the southwest. It is home to Cape Verde's tallest mountain named Mount Fogo and Chã das Caldeiras west of the mountaintop. Many villages are in the western and the southern parts and most of the island's fertile areas lies in this area because it is less slopey. The area formerly covered 3/4 of the island between 1991 and 2005, it is presently covers half of the island.

São Filipe are linked with a highway that almost encircles the whole island of São Filipe but it is unaccessible to the east by small narrow gravel stretch and a small road to Mount Fogo. Farmlands covers most of the area in the west, the central and the south, the rocky landscape with a few bushes and grasslands of Mount Fogo lies to the east. Its main industry are agriculture followed by tourism and other industries in small numbers. The population are made up of rural and some urban. The living standards are low in the rural areas which are mainly have no household items outside the town especially electricity. It is one of the least developed, the literacy rate is almost high.

The municipality until 1991 formerly constituted the whole island of Fogo and was known by the island name (Old ISO 3166-2 code: CV-FO) before Mosteiros broke up. In 2005, the municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo located in the east returned to São Filipe after a restructuring plan since most of these only contain one parish each.

1 Historical population (São Filipe - town)
2 Parishes
3 Settlements (prior to 2005 for those that are now in Santa Catarina do Fogo)
4 Other
5 External links

[edit] Historical population (São Filipe - town)

Year	Population	Change	Density
1990 (June 23, Census)	5,616	-	-
2000 (June 16, Census)	7,894	-	-
2003 (Estimate)	8.500	-	-
2005 (January 1, Computing)	8,189	-	-

[edit] Parishes

São Lourenço
Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Santa Catarina

[edit] Settlements (prior to 2005 for those that are now in Santa Catarina do Fogo)

[edit] Other

São Filipe contains a few schools or collegiates (colegio) in which most of Cape Verde contains a few students, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (high school), a post office and a few squares (praças).