Feijoal, Fogo
| Feijoal, Fogo | |
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| Coordinates: 15°01′45″N 24°19′44″W / 15.0292°N 24.329°WCoordinates: 15°01′45″N 24°19′44″W / 15.0292°N 24.329°W | |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| Island | Fogo |
| Municipality | Mosteiros |
| Civil parish | Nossa Senhora da Ajuda |
| Elevation | 535 m (1,755 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 435 |
Feijoal is a village on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Nearby is the Mosteiros forest and Monte Velha, the third tallest summit on the island after the western caldeira of Chã das Caldeiras. Its 2010 census population was 435. Its elevation is 285 meters. Nearby places include Mosteiros and Cova Feijoal.
Notable festivals in the settlement includes Saint Anthony which is on June 13, Saint Peter on June 29.
Its annual rainfall in 1988 was 664.1 mm. 509 millimeters was fallen in around 1950.
Around 73,000 years ago, the area was formed as part of the interior of the earlier Fogo Mountain, the eastern half collapsed and with some erosion and lava flow over the centuries, though not as much as in the east and some small volcanoes, it would form the current landscape. From about a kilometer west, it formed the line of where it collapsed, there, not much had collapsed in the area.
A part of the area around the village was burned by two forest fires, a large one in 2004 and a smaller one on April 23, 2011 burning 80 hectares, only 6 % of the forest perimeter.
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