São Lourenço (São Filipe) Explained

São Lourenço
Coordinates:	14.98°N -24.44°W
Key:	821
Area:	96

São Lourenço is a freguesia (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the northern part of the municipality of São Filipe, on the island of Fogo. The parish has an area of 96 km². It is also a religious parish, its religious celebration is on August 10, day of Saint Lawrence.^[1]

Settlements

The freguesia consists of the following settlements, its population data was of the 2010 census:

• Achada Mentirosa (pop: 344)
• As Hortas (pop: 380)
• Campanas Baixo (pop: 783)
• Campanas Cima (pop: 375)
• Chã de Monte (pop: 118)
• Curral Grande (pop: 398)
• Galinheiro (pop: 877)
• Inhuco (pop: 517)
• Lomba (pop: 731)
• Monte Tabor (pop: 170)
• Pedro Homem (pop: 315)
• Pico Gomes (pop: 118)
• Ponta Verde (pop: 1,072, town)^[2]
• Ribeira Filipe (pop: 548)
• Santo António (pop: 530)
• São Domingos (pop: 315)
• São Jorge (pop: 635)
• Velho Manuel (pop: 604)

Demographics

Year	Population
2000 (Census)	9,715
2010 (Census)	8,899

Notable people

• Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, a doctor and an author was native to the parish

Sports

The football/soccer club União de São Lourenço is the sports team of the parish, it is based in Curral Grande. Another football (soccer) club is Valência based in As Hortas in the middle.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fogo.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=50 Portal da Ilha do Fogo
2. http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/statistical-yearbook-cv-2015_en.pdf Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015