São Lourenço is a ''

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'' (civil parish) of

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. 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 (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) *

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(pop: 170) * Pedro Homem (pop: 315) * Pico Gomes (pop: 118) *

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(pop: 1,072, town)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 * Ribeira Filipe (pop: 548) *

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(pop: 530) * São Domingos (pop: 315) * São Jorge (pop: 635) * Velho Manuel (pop: 604)

Demographics

Notable people

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

Sports

The football/soccer club

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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 {{CapeVerde-geo-stub