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Santa Catarina do Fogo, Cape Verde

Santa Catarina do Fogo is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, it covers 32% of the island area (152.95&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), and is home to 14% of its population (5,299 at the 2010 census). 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 (civil parish), Santa Catarina do Fogo. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements, its population was of the 2010 census:

Geography

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 (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:

Twin towns

Santa Catarina do Fogo is twinned with three municipalities:

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