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/ref> Its seat is the city São Filipe. Agriculture is the main employment of the municipality, followed by tourism.

Subdivisions

The municipality consists of two '' freguesias'' (civil parishes): * São Lourenço * Nossa Senhora da Conceição

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

Presidents

*Eugênio Miranda da Veiga - MpD (until 2008) *Luís Pires - PAICV (as of early 2016)

Politics

Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:Official results local elections 2016
''Boletim Oficial I Série, Número 53'', 23 September 2016

Sports

The city has the stadium, it has the

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which is used for football (soccer), a multisport complex named Simão Mendes and a pavilion named Luzia Nunes located in another settlement close to Patim. Sports clubs in the municipality include

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, Spartak d'Aguadinha, União, Valência and Vulcânicos. Each year, the São Filipe Municipal Cup, a football (soccer) competition takes place each year in the months of September or October. It features clubs from the municipality. The 2016 edition featured two clubs from outside the municipality.

Twin towns

São Filipe is twinned with 10 Portuguese towns:Geminações de Cidades e Vilas
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References

External links

Official website of the municipalityOfficial website of the town
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Filipe Municipalities of Cape Verde Geography of Fogo, Cape Verde 1991 establishments in Cape Verde