São Lourenço is a ''
freguesia
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Por ...
'' (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.
Portal da Ilha do Fogo
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Settlements
The ''freguesia'' consists of the following settlements, its population data was of the 2010 census:
* Achada Mentirosa (pop: 344)
*As Hortas
As Hortas is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km west of Curral Grande, 3 km southwest of Ponta Verde
Ponta Verde (Portuguese meaning "green tip") is a beach in Maceió, capital city of ...
(pop: 380)
*Campanas Baixo
Campanas Baixo is a settlement in the northern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km east of São Jorge, 2 km southwest of Atalaia and 16 km northeast of the island capital São Filipe.
See also
*List of villages and set ...
(pop: 783)
* Campanas Cima (pop: 375)
* Chã de Monte (pop: 118)
*Curral Grande
Curral Grande is a settlement in the western part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is situated 8 km northeast of the island capital São Filipe. In 2010 its population was 398. The village sits at 289 meters above sea level.
See also
*List ...
(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)[Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015]
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33
* Ribeira Filipe (pop: 548)
*Santo António
Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Reg ...
(pop: 530)
* São Domingos (pop: 315)
* São Jorge (pop: 635)
* Velho Manuel (pop: 604)
Demographics
Notable people
*Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (September 19, 1919 in São Lourenço on the island of Fogo – March 3, 2006) was a doctor and author from Cape Verde.
Biography
Teixeira de Sousa graduated in 1945 in Lisbon with a degree in Medicine, having at ...
, a doctor and an author was native to the parish
Sports
The football/soccer club União de São Lourenço União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to:
*the Brazilian federal government
*União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea
* Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate launc ...
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.
References
Geography of Fogo, Cape Verde
Parishes of Cape Verde
São Filipe, Cape Verde
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