• Source: Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde

Santa Catarina do Fogo is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, it covers 32% of the island area (152.95 km2), and is home to 14% of its population (5,299 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the city Cova Figueira. The Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo was created in 2005; before 2005, it was a parish of the Municipality of São Filipe.




Subdivisions


The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), Santa Catarina do Fogo. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements, its population was of the 2010 census:




Geography


The municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo covers the central and southeastern part of the island Fogo. The northwestern part of the municipality (42.4 km2 (16.4 sq mi)) lies within Fogo Natural Park, which includes the Pico do Fogo and its crater.




Demography






Politics


Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:




Twin towns



Santa Catarina do Fogo is twinned with two Portuguese municipalities:

Miranda do Corvo
Vila Nova da Barquinha




External links


ANMCV (National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)
Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo: Municipal Director Plan: Characterization and Diagnostics (March 2010), 120 pages




References

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• Tanjung Verde
• Pembagian administratif Tanjung Verde
• Santiago, Tanjung Verde
• Daftar kota di Tanjung Verde
• Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde
• Fogo, Cape Verde
• Santiago, Cape Verde
• São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)
• Pico do Fogo
• Chã das Caldeiras
• RTC (Cape Verde)
• Politics of Cape Verde
• Cape Verde
• Administrative divisions of Cape Verde