Cabeça Fundão

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Cabeça Fundão
Kabesa Fundãu
Statistics
Island: Fogo
Municipality: São Filipe
Distance from the island capital: about 30 km east
of São Filipe via road


Altitude:
Lowest:
Centre:
Highest


about 1,200 m

Cabeça Fundão (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Kabesa Fundãu and Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo): Kabeça Fundão), is a village located approximately 30 km east east of the island capital of Sao Filipe, and near Cova Figueira in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Cabeca Fundão is linked with the road linking with Figueira Pavão and Chã das Caldeiras as well as a poor earthened road to Estancía Roque.

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The area around Galinheiros contains farmlands within the village, grasslands and rocks covers the rest of the area especially the slopes. The area is near the line dividing the caldeira of Chã das Caldeiras and the rest of the island, the Chã das Caldeiras is to the north and the Pico do Fogo is to the northeast, the 1995 eruption was no threat to the village. The living standards are in the low range as well as its income, one time, there were no money until the late-20th century. The village is in the island's low class. Every house are built with mud-brick and stone. All of its population are farmers and are based in agriculture where banana plantations, pineapple and other crops are common. However, a part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances are partially available in the area as well as phone lines since the mid to late-20th century. A part of the necessities also comes from the island capital.

The Island of Fogo
Towns, villages and settlements
Achada Furna | Achada Grande | Atalaia | Bangaeira | Cabeça Fundão | Campanas | Chã das Caldeiras | Cova Figueira | Coxo | Curral Grande | Estancía Roque | Fajãzinha | Figueira Pavão | Fonsaco | Fonte Aleixo | Furna | Galinheiros | Lomba | Miguel Gonçalves | Monte Grande | Mosteiros | Patim | Ponta Verde | Relva | Ribeira Ilhéu | Salto | Santo António | São Filipe | São Jorge | São Lourenço | Vicente Dias
Mountains:
Chã das Caldeiras | Mount Fogo
Municipalities:
Mosteiros | Santa Catarina | São Filipe
Parishes:
Nossa Senhora da Ajuda | Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Santa Catarina | São Lourenço
Cape Verde | Barlavento | Fogo
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