As Hortas

As Hortas
Settlement
As Hortas
Coordinates: 14°57′54″N 24°28′26″W / 14.965°N 24.474°W / 14.965; -24.474Coordinates: 14°57′54″N 24°28′26″W / 14.965°N 24.474°W / 14.965; -24.474
Country Cape Verde
Island Fogo
Municipality São Filipe
Civil parish São Lourenço
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 380

As Hortas (older spelling: Ás Hortas) is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is situated near the coast, 8 km northeast of the island capital São Filipe. It is situated between the streams of Ribeiras Tortolho and Grande do Fogo. The settlement is on the main road connecting São Filipe and Mosteiros in the northeast. Nearby places include Achada Mentirosa hundres of meters to the north and Monte Tabor to the west linked by a smaller road and Curral Grande to the east.

The place name etymology is that the area are dominated by bushes and some forest.

Agriculture is the main industry.

The football (soccer) club Valência is based in the settlement and is the club of the parish and the north of the municipality, it is also based in the island capital. Their matches are played at Estádio 5 de Julho south in the island capital. The club was founded in 2009.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Valência at the Final Ball".
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