Mosteiros (concelho)

Mosteiros
Basic data
Country	Cape Verde
region	Ilhas de Sotavento
Seat	Mosteiros
Residents	17,449 (2010)
founding	1991
ISO 3166-2	CV-MO

Coordinates: 15 ° 2 ′  N , 24 ° 20 ′  W

Mosteiros is a municipality (concelho) on the Cape Verde island of Fogo with 17,449 inhabitants. It is located in the northeast of the island and is called Musteru in Creole .

Districts

The joint municipality of Mosteiros was created in 1991 through the merger of the following localities:

• Achada Grande
• Fajazinha
• Fonsaco
• Vila dos Mosteiros
• Ribeira Ilheu

Demographic development

1990	2000	2010
10,331	13,535	17,449

Web links

• Mosteiros website (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: Statoids
2. ↑ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
3. ↑ Source: projection to 2010 from the Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .