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Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at Mount Fogo. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1154x796, 119 KB) Summary en : Fogo island, Cape Verde republique, Atlantique ocean image was acquired on August 27, 2002, and is centered near 14. ...
A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ...
A mountain range (Sierra in the Spanish language) is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ...
Mount Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde, rising to 2839 metres above sea level. ...
In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ...
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
The Sotavento archipelago (literally, the Leeward), is the southern island group of Cape Verde. ...
Mount Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde, rising to 2839 metres above sea level. ...
The volcano has been historically active, last erupting in 1995, forming a new crater called Pico Pequeno. Its largest feature is a 9 km wide caldera, which has walls 1 km high. The caldera has a breach in its eastern rim, and a large peak rises in the centre. The central cone Pico forms the highest point of the island and its summit is about 100 m higher than the surrounding wall of the caldera. Lava from the volcano has reached the eastern coast of the island within historical times. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Crater Lake, Oregon A caldera is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano into itself. ...
A small village, called Chã das Caldeiras, exists at the base of the volcano, and the residents are periodically evacuated during eruptions. Chã das Caldeiras is a small village of approximately 500 inhabitants, situated at the base of Pico do Fogo volcano on the island of Fogo, in the West African archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
The island's main town is São Filipe, near which is the airport. First settled in the 1480s, it is largely an agricultural island. The islands also houses schools, a gymnasium, banks, a post office, some hotels and squares praças. São Filipe is the capital of the island of Fogo in the Sotavento archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ...
In the United States and elsewhere, a town square is an area in the middle of a traditional town consisting of a park or plaza and surrounded by small shops. ...
Geography
- Area: 476 km²
- Population: around 40,000 1991, 37,409 2001
- Capital: São Filipe (pop: 5,615 2001)
- Location:
Its geography is includes fertile land to the southwest with the slope of about 10 to 15 angle. The north and the east are slopey. The entire island is a seamount and is called the Cadamosto Seamount and the depths range as deep as 5,300 m with a distance of 5 km from the shoreline. The exception is to the west but is connected with another seamount but further west in Brava. The Sotavento archipelago (literally, the Leeward), is the southern island group of Cape Verde. ...
Santiago (Portuguese for Saint James), or Santiagu in the local Bádiu language, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nations population. ...
see also Brava (Disambiguation) Nova Sintra. ...
The slopes in the northeastern part are green and grassy all-year round. The rest of the mountain are dry and barren. As the southernmost island, Fogo receives the most precipitation in Cape Verde. The creeks and streams are dry all-year round. The town has Classic Portuguese colonial architecture in buildings. Mosteiros is the second most important centre in the northeast.
A violent eruption took place in 1680 that the mountain of the island was visible over hundreds of kilometres and lasted for a few yearslighthouse. Hence the name Fogo originate. Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ...
Municipalities São Filipe is the capital of the island of Fogo in the Sotavento archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
Mosteiros (Portuguese for the monastery) is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Sotavento in southern Cape Verde in the southwestern Cape Verde and is the twenty-first largest community in Cape Verde. ...
Parishes and Settlements - Achada, also Achada Furnas
- Achada Grande
- Atalaia
- Bangaeira
- Chã das Caldeiras
- Courral Grande
- Cova Figueira
- Coxo
- Curral Grande
- Estancía Roque
- Fajãzinha
- Figueira Pavão
- Fonsaco
- Fonte Aleixo
- Furna
- Galinheiros
- Lomba
- Patim
- Monte Grande
- Mosteiros
- Ponta Verde
- Ribeira Ilhéu
- Salto
- Santo António
- São Filipe
- São Jorge
- São Lourenço
- Vicente Dias
Chã das Caldeiras is a small village of approximately 500 inhabitants, situated at the base of Pico do Fogo volcano on the island of Fogo, in the West African archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
Monte Grande is a city in Esteban EcheverrÃa, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
Mosteiros (Portuguese for the monastery) is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Sotavento in southern Cape Verde in the southwestern Cape Verde and is the twenty-first largest community in Cape Verde. ...
São Filipe is the capital of the island of Fogo in the Sotavento archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
Languages Other than Portuguese, the Fogo language (Crioulo di Djarfogo, one of the Capeverdean Crioulo languages) is spoken on the island. The Capeverdean Crioulo is a dialect continuum spoken on the islands of Cape Verde, whose extremes lie at the islands of Santiago and that of Santo Antão. ...
Persons - Ana Procópio
- Pedro Monteiro Cardoso
History Fogo was discovered in 1460 by an Italian captain António Noli and was first called São Filipe meaning Saint Philip in Portuguese. Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ...
António Noli was a 15th century Portuguese explorer. ...
Philip was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. ...
The noble persons from Portugal was settled in 1500. Emigration occurred which started from 1850 which many people left for North America. The island used to have slavery. The civil revolution occurred in Portugal in 1910 and took aristocrack to large owners and left civilians behind. A small museum facilitates the understanding of the connections in descriptive ways. 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Economics The main economy of the island is based in agriculture and coffee is the main production along with wineries and fishing. Trading along with private households lives off from income from emigrants. Cape Verdean residents that live in North America send some money to their relatives in the island even if senders and receivers that no longer know each other. Tourism is slowly becoming popular. Most of the tourists are traders and are oriented in culture and history and not in beaches. Tourism is common beside the historic São Filipe and Chã das Caldeiras. It also serves overnight accommodations before the ascent to the Pico. Coffee in beverage form Coffee is a beverage, served hot or with ice, prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. ...
Sporting teams - Botafogo - São Filipe
- Vulcânicos - São Filipe
External links - CapeVerdeBreaks.com An excellent website about Cape Verde including weather, history, travel, culture, festivals and much more.
- caboverde.com
- University of Massachusetts - information and images from Fogo
- Photos of Fogo
- Map and aerial photos
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The Barlavento archipelago (literally, the Windward), is the northern island group of Cape Verde. ...
The Sotavento archipelago (literally, the Leeward), is the southern island group of Cape Verde. ...
Boa Vista is a desert island in the Barlaventos archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
Branco is a small island in the Barlaventos archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
see also Brava (Disambiguation) Nova Sintra. ...
Maio is the easternmost of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde. ...
Razo is a small island in the Barlaventos archipelago of Cape Verde. ...
Sal (Portuguese for salt -- from the mines at Pedra de Lume) is an island in the archipelago of Cape Verde, and the municipality of the same name. ...
Santa Luzia (Portuguese for Saint Lucia) is an island of the Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau and São Vicente. ...
Santiago (Portuguese for Saint James), or Santiagu in the local Bádiu language, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nations population. ...
Santo Antão (Portuguese for Saint Anthony) is the westernmost and largest of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. ...
São Nicolau is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. ...
For other uses, see São Vicente (disambiguation) São Vicente (Crioulo: Sanvicente or Sanvcênt) is one of the Barlavento islands of the Cape Verde. ...
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