São Filipe, Cape Verde

For the municipality, see São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality).
São Filipe
Settlement

Square in São Filipe
São Filipe
Coordinates: 14°53′42″N 24°29′53″W / 14.895°N 24.498°W / 14.895; -24.498Coordinates: 14°53′42″N 24°29′53″W / 14.895°N 24.498°W / 14.895; -24.498
Country Cape Verde
Island Fogo
Municipality São Filipe
Civil parish Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Population (2010)[1]
  Total 8,122

São Filipe (Portuguese for "Saint Philip", Cape Verdean Creole: San Filipi) is a town on the west coast of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is the capital of the island, and the seat of the São Filipe Municipality. The island's airport, São Filipe Airport, is located on the southeastern edge of the town. The town's elevation is 20 meters and the area is slopey ranging up to 100 meters in the easternmost part. Two streams surround the town center.

History

São Filipe was founded in the 16th century and is considered to be the second oldest town in Cape Verde after Ribeira Grande, but a town charter was not granted before 1922.[2] In 1655 São Filipe was destroyed by Flemish pirates.[3]

Sights

Churches

Chapel at Praça Alberto da Silva
Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros

Apart from Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the oldest Catholic church, there are a sightworthy chapel at Praça Alberto da Silva, a New Apostolic Church and two wards of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Beaches

Praia da Bila, a black beach, is 40 m below the city center. It is not very clean, and on many days the sea is very rough.[4]

The inhabitants of the city prefer the beach at the harbour Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros, about 4 km in the north of Sao Filipe. In spite of the harbour, the water is cleaner and the sea is not so rough.[5] The most popular beach of the island is Ponta da Sallina in São Jorge.

Demography

Population of the town of São Filipe (1980–present)
1980[6] 1990[6] 2010[1]
4,370 5,616 8,112

Climate

Its climate is warmer than the higher parts of the island and the same as the lower parts of the country. It is a little humid than the upper areas. The average temperature is from 19 to 29 °C (66–84 °F), the highest is 29 °C in October and the lowest is 18.7 °C in February. Average rainfall is 272 millimeters, the highest is 121 mm in September and the lowest is without a single precipitation between the months of March and June.

Climate data for São Filipe,20-180 metres ASL
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1)
25.6
(78.1)
26.2
(79.2)
26.7
(80.1)
27.1
(80.8)
27.8
(82)
28.4
(83.1)
28.7
(83.7)
29.1
(84.4)
29.0
(84.2)
28.6
(83.5)
26.4
(79.5)
27.4
(81.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 22.3
(72.1)
22.1
(71.8)
22.6
(72.7)
23.0
(73.4)
23.7
(74.7)
24.3
(75.7)
25.1
(77.2)
25.7
(78.3)
26.2
(79.2)
26.3
(79.3)
25.2
(77.4)
23.5
(74.3)
24.2
(75.6)
Average low °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4)
18.7
(65.7)
19.0
(66.2)
19.4
(66.9)
20.3
(68.5)
20.8
(69.4)
21.8
(71.2)
22.8
(73)
23.3
(73.9)
23.7
(74.7)
21.9
(71.4)
20.6
(69.1)
21.0
(69.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 3
(0.12)
2
(0.08)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
14
(0.55)
81
(3.19)
121
(4.76)
35
(1.38)
11
(0.43)
5
(0.2)
272
(10.71)
Source: Climate-Data.ORG[7]

International Relations

São Filipe is twinned with:

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. Pitt Reitmeier: Cabo Verde - Kapverdische Inseln, p. 386. Bielefeld 2009.
  3. Ingrid und Peter Kirschey: Kapverden, p. 156. Köln 2009
  4. 1 2 Rolf Osang. Kapverdische Inseln, p. 134-135. Köln 2001.
  5. 1 2 3 Susanne Lipps: Kapverdische Inseln, p. 253-254. Ostfildern 2009.
  6. 1 2 citypopulation.de
  7. http://en.climate-data.org/location/3105/. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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