Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde


Santa Catarina do Fogo is a concelho of Cape Verde. Situated in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, it covers 32% of the island area, and is home to 14% of its population. 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, Santa Catarina do Fogo. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements, its population was of the 2010 census:
The municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo covers the central and southeastern part of the island Fogo. The northwestern part of the municipality lies within Fogo Natural Park, which includes the Pico do Fogo and its crater.

Demography

Politics

Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy 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: