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Feijoal, Fogo

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Country
  
Cape Verde

Municipality
  
Mosteiros

Elevation
  
535 m (1,755 ft)

Island
  
Fogo

Civil parish
  
Nossa Senhora da Ajuda

Feijoal, Fogo

Feijoal is a village on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Nearby is the Mosteiros forest and Monte Velha, the third tallest summit on the island after the western caldeira of Chã das Caldeiras. Its 2010 census population was 435. Its elevation is 285 meters. Nearby places include Mosteiros and Cova Feijoal.

Notable festivals in the settlement includes Saint Anthony which is on June 13, Saint Peter on June 29.

Its annual rainfall in 1988 was 664.1 mm. 509 millimeters was fallen in around 1950.

A part of the area around the village was burned by two forest fires, a large one in 2004 and a smaller one on April 23, 2011 burning 80 hectares, only 6 % of the forest perimeter.

References

Feijoal, Fogo Wikipedia