Santa Catarina do Fogo
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Santa Catarina do Fogo is a municipality on the island of Fogo
. The administrative centre of the municipality is Cova Figueira
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Fogo, Cape Verde
Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...
. The administrative centre of the municipality is Cova Figueira
Cova Figueira
Cova Figueira , is a city and a cove located approximately 20 km east of the island main city of São Filipe in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Since 2005, it serves as the seat of Santa Catarina do Fogo Municipality...
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Parishes
The municipality includes only one parish:History
It was created in 2005, when a parish of the older Municipality of São Filipe was separated to become the Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo.Demography
| Population of (1940—Present) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
| 650 | 1,000 | 1,123 | 4,650 | 8,200 | 10,000 | 12,898 | 15,350 |
| North: Mosteiros Mosteiros, Cape Verde Mosteiros is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Sotavento in southern Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 9,449. The seat of the municipality is Vila dos Mosteiros.... |
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| West: São Filipe São Filipe, Cape Verde São Filipe , or San Filipi in Cape Verdean Creole, is the city that constitutes the seat of the São Filipe Municipality, in Cape Verde.It is located SW of the island and in the southwestern part of the island... |
Santa Catarina do Fogo | East: Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... |
| South: Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... |