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São Lourenço (São Filipe)

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Country
  
Cape Verde

Area
  
96 km²

Island
  
Fogo

Municipality
  
São Filipe, Cape Verde

São Lourenço (São Filipe)

São Lourenço is a freguesia (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the northern part of the municipality of São Filipe, on the island of Fogo.

Contents

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.

Settlements

The freguesia consists of the following settlements, its population data was of the 2010 census:

Notable people

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

    • Sports

    The football/soccer club União de São Lourenço is the sports team of the parish, it is based in the parish seat of Curral Grande. Another football (soccer) club is Valência based in As Hortas in the middle.

    References

    São Lourenço (São Filipe) Wikipedia
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