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. 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
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) Monte Tabor (pop: 170) Pedro Homem (pop: 315) Pico Gomes (pop: 118) Ponta Verde (pop: 1,072, town)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 32-33 Ribeira Filipe (pop: 548) Santo António (pop: 530) São Domingos (pop: 315) São Jorge (pop: 635) Velho Manuel (pop: 604)
Demographics Year Population 2000 (Census) 9,715 2010 (Census) 8,899
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 Curral Grande. Another football (soccer) club is Valência based in As Hortas in the middle.
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