São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)

São Filipe
Municipality
Coordinates: 14°56′N 24°26′W / 14.93°N 24.43°W / 14.93; -24.43Coordinates: 14°56′N 24°26′W / 14.93°N 24.43°W / 14.93; -24.43
Country Cape Verde
Island Fogo
Area
 • Total 228.84 km2 (88.36 sq mi)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 22,227
 • Density 97/km2 (250/sq mi)

São Filipe is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the western part of the island of Fogo, it covers 49% of the island area, and is home to 60% of its population. Its seat is the town São Filipe.

Agriculture is the main employment of the municipality followed by tourism and industries primarily dominating the municipal seat.

Subdivisions

The municipality consists of two freguesias (civil parishes):

History

It was created in 1991, when the older Municipality of Fogo was split in two, the southwestern part becoming the Municipality of São Filipe and the northeastern part becoming the Municipality of Mosteiros. In 2005, an eastern parish of the municipality was split off to become the Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo.

Demography

Population of São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality) (1940—2010)
1940[2][3] 1950[2][3] 1960[2][3] 1970[2][3] 1980[2][3] 1990[2][4] 2000[4][5] 2010[1]
23022 17582 25615 29412 30978 25571 27886 22227

Presidents

Politics

Since 2008, the Movement for Democracy is the ruling party of the municipality which won 61.6% in the last election.

Municipal assembly

2004
% 		2004
seats 		2008
% 		2008
seats 		2012
% 		2012
seats
PAICV43.84728.8-36.76
Movement for Democracy56.161066-none
GIASFnone34.46
GIUSDnone27.75

Municipality

2004
% 		2004
seats 		2008
% 		2008
seats 		2012
% 		2012
seats
Movement for Democracy43.1049.0961.69
PAICV52.05947.6034.30
UCID0.500.90.2.10
GIASFnone33.62
GIUSDnone|27.92

Twin towns

All of its twinnings are with Portuguese towns and cities including:

Sports

The city has the stadium, it has the Estadio 5 de Julho which is used for football (soccer), a multisport complex named [6] and a pavillion named Luzia Nunes.

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: Statoids
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes the population of the present-day Mosteiros and Santa Catarina do Fogo municipalities.
  4. 1 2 Includes the population of the present-day Santa Catarina do Fogo municipality.
  5. ↑ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
  6. ↑ "São Filipe: Reabilitação do estádio 5 de Julho e polidesportivo "Simão Mendes" prevista para Dezembro". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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