Country Cape Verde Elevation 319 m (1,047 ft) | Island Santiago Local time Tuesday 5:18 AM | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 68% Humidity Municipality São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde Civil parish São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde | ||
São Jorge dos Órgãos is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its 2010 population was 6. It is situated 4 km southeast of Picos and its elevation is 319 meters. It is part of the São Lourenço dos Órgãos municipality.
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The Órgaos, a small mountain range are to the east and has a towering peak elevating over 600 meters, the ranges go north to south and the rest of the area is about 3 km wide.
The Orgãos rock formation covers the area east of the village, the formation could be around 4 million years old.
It is home to the Jardim Botânico (Botanical Garden), the only one in Cape Verde. There is also an experimental station known as the School of Agricultural Sciences and Environment and forms a part of the University of Cape Verde, an agricultural research institute funded by the Department of Rural Development, until 2008, it was the Instituto Nacional de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário. Also there is a secondary school or gymnasium named Carlos Alberto Gonçalves. At the gymnasium, it hosted a conference on World Climate on January 28, 2010.
the writer Tomé Varela da Silva was born in the village in 1950.