Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality)

Mosteiros
Municipality
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Fogo
Seat town	Mosteiros
Area	82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Population	17,449 (2005)
ISO 3166-2 code	CV-MO
CGN-CV code	283
Website: http://www.mosteiros.com

Mosteiros is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Sotavento in southern Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 9,449. The seat of the municipality is Vila dos Mosteiros.

Mosteiros is linked with a highway that almost encircles the whole island of Fogo but it is inaccessible to the southeast by small narrow gravel stretch. Farmlands are within the coastline while the rocky landscape with a few bushes and grasslands of Mount Fogo lies to the southwest. Mosteiros contains one of the few forests in Cape Verde, named Floresta de Monte Velha. The entire terrain are made up of historic lava flows from Mount Fogo which resulted from the last volcanic eruption in 1951.

Its main economy are agriculture in which 96% of its inhabitants are made up of rural population, tourism and businesses are the next industry but in very small numbers and the living standards and the income are very low making it the least developed island in all of Cape Verde. The main production is dedicated to coffee cultivation, which has Café do Fogo (Fogo Coffee). The illiteracy rate is very high and is one of the highest in Cape Verde. 31% of the population are over the age of 15. Very few homes do not have appliances or electricity, newspaper circulation or communications including television, radio or a computer, prior to the 20th century, Mosteiros didn't had appliances or electronics and do not own as much automobiles and household items. The population between 2001 and 2005 only added 12 to the 2001 population of 465 making it 477 which the main reason is lack of standard of living.

Parishes

The municipality includes only one parish:

• Nossa Senhora da Ajuda

Settlements

• Achada Grande
• Fajãzinha
• Fonsaco
• Mosteiros
• Ribeira Ilhéu

History

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.

Demography

Population of Mosteiros, Cape Verde (municipality) (1940—2010)
1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990[1]	2000[2]	2010[3]
—	—	—	—	—	10331	13535	17449

External links

• http://www.mosteiros.com
• ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)

	North: Atlantic Ocean
West: São Filipe	Mosteiros	East: Atlantic Ocean
Southwest: São Filipe	South: Santa Catarina do Fogo

References

1. ^ Source: Statoids
2. ^ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
3. ^ Source: projection to 2010 from the Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.

Coordinates: 15°02′00″N 24°19′30″W / 15.0333333°N 24.325°W / 15.0333333; -24.325