Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde
{{short description|Municipality of Cape Verde}}
{{Infobox Cape Verde settlement
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| area = 152.95
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Santa Catarina do Fogo is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, it covers 32% of the island area (152.95 km2), and is home to 14% of its population (5,299 at the 2010 census).[http://ine.cv/censo_quadros/resumo-dos-indicadores-rgph-2010/ 2010 Census Summary] Its seat is the city Cova Figueira. The Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo was created in 2005; before 2005, it was a parish of the Municipality of São Filipe.[http://www.interface.gov.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=12&Itemid=314 Lei nº 66/VI/2005], p. 52
Subdivisions
The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), Santa Catarina do Fogo. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements, its population was of the 2010 census:
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- Achada Furna (pop: 495)
- Achada Poio (pop: 61)
- Baluarte
- Cabeça Fundão (pop: 177)
- Chã das Caldeiras (pop: 697)
- Cova Figueira (pop: 1,230, city)[http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/statistical-yearbook-cv-2015_en.pdf Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015], Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
- Domingo Lobo (pop: 254)
- Estância Roque (pop: 411)
- Figueira Pavão (pop: 320)
- Fonte Aleixo (pop: 401)
- Mãe Joana (pop: 130)
- Monte Vermelho (pop: 221)
- Roçadas (pop: 372)
- Tinteira (pop: 410)
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Geography
The municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo covers the central and southeastern part of the island Fogo. The northwestern part of the municipality ({{convert|42.4|km2|abbr=on}}) lies within Fogo Natural Park, which includes the Pico do Fogo and its crater.
Demography
{{Bar chart
| title = Population of Santa Catarina do Fogo (1980—2010)
| label_type = Year
| data_type = Population
| bar_width = 35
| width_units = em
| data_max = 6000
| label5 = 1980[http://caboverde.opendataforafrica.org/apps/atlas/Santa-Catarina-do-Fogo/Population Santa Catarina do Fogo], opendataforafrica.org
| data5 = 3,700
| data6 = 4,481
| data7 = 4,796
| data8 = 5,299
}}
Politics
Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[http://www.dgape.cv/images/bo_23-09-2016_53.pdf Official results local elections 2016], Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53, 23 September 2016
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!rowspan=2|Party !colspan=2|Municipal Council !colspan=2|Municipal Assembly | ||||
| Votes%
!Seats !Votes% !Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|MpD | 53.05 | 5 | 53.07 | 7 |
| align=left|PAICV | 45.66 | 0 | 45.56 | 6 |
Twin towns
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Cape Verde}}
Santa Catarina do Fogo is twinned with three municipalities:
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Miranda do Corvo[https://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M3220 Geminações de Cidades e Vilas]
- {{flagicon|USA}} Scituate, Massachusetts[https://www.scituatema.gov/sister-citycape-verde-santa-catarina-do-fogo-committee Sister City/Cape Verde, Santa Catarina do Fogo Committee]
- {{flagicon|Portugal}} Vila Nova da Barquinha[https://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M2260 Geminações de Cidades e Vilas]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081212120224/http://www.anmcv.org/portugues/ ANMCV (National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)]
- [http://www.anmcv.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=6JsRFmKO950%3D&tabid=81 Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo: Municipal Director Plan: Characterization and Diagnostics] (March 2010), 120 pages
References
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