São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)

São Filipe
Municipality
City hall of São Filipe
Coordinates: 14°56′N 24°26′W / 14.93°N 24.43°W / 14.93; -24.43Coordinates: 14°56′N 24°26′W / 14.93°N 24.43°W / 14.93; -24.43
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Fogo
Area
• Total	228.84 km2 (88.36 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	22,227
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)

São Filipe is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the western part of the island of Fogo, it covers 49% of the island area, and is home to 60% of its population. Its seat is the town São Filipe.

Agriculture is the main employment of the municipality followed by tourism and industries primarily dominating the municipal seat.

The municipality consists of two freguesias (civil parishes):

It was created in 1991, when the older Municipality of Fogo was split in two, the southwestern part becoming the Municipality of São Filipe and the northeastern part becoming the Municipality of Mosteiros. In 2005, an eastern parish of the municipality was split off to become the Municipality of Santa Catarina do Fogo.

Since 2008, the Movement for Democracy is the ruling party of the municipality which won 61.6% in the last election.

The city has the stadium, it has the Estadio 5 de Julho which is used for football (soccer), a multisport complex named Simão Mendes and a pavilion named Luzia Nunes. Major clubs include Académica do Fogo, Botafogo FC and Vulcânicos.

Each year, the São Filipe Municipal Cup, a football (soccer) competition takes place each year in the months of September or October. It features clubs from the municipality. The 2016 edition featured two clubs from outside the municipality.

All of its twinnings are with Portuguese towns and cities including:

Sports clubs in the municipality include Académica do Fogo, Botafogo, Spartak d'Aguadinha, União (based in São Lourenço), Valência (based in As Hortas also based in the town's seat) and Vulcânicos