Mosteiros (Cape Verde)
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| Coordinates | 15 ° 2 ′ N , 24 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Cape Verde | ||
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| District | Mosteiros | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CV-MO | ||
| height | 0 m | ||
| Residents | 3000 | ||
Mosteiros is the second largest city on the Cape Verde island of Fogo . It is located in the northeast of the island and is called Musteru in Creole . The place has about 3000 inhabitants.
Transport connections and infrastructure
Mosteiros is connected by a good road to São Filipe , the capital of the island of Fogo in the southwest. Several times a day (except on Sundays and public holidays) the city can be reached with the Aluguer buses typical of Cape Verde . Mosteiros also had a small airfield, which was closed in favor of the airport of the island's capital. In Vila de Mosteiros, the center of the joint community, there are various schools, several small shops, some simple restaurants and guest houses ( pensão ).
economy
The closure of the airfield was a setback for the economy and development of the city. The illiteracy rate is 31%, one of the highest in the country. The main economic factor is agriculture, which employs 96% of the working population. In the vicinity of the city there are some plantations on which in an area of 300 to 1000 m. ü. d. M. Coffee is grown and marketed as Café do Fogo . Coffee cultivation on Cape Verde began as early as 1790, but is now only carried out on a significant scale on the island of Fogo. The yield on Fogo was 35 t in 2006, 45 t in 2007 and 21 t in 2008 after a drought. In the 19th century, the physic nut was also grown on a large scale on Fogo, the seeds of which were used to produce machine oil . All over Fogo you can still see the now overgrown bushes. Recently, the plant has again attracted the interest of science as a possible producer of biodiesel .
Attractions
- The center of the city is the small square Praça do Entroncamento with its well-tended green areas, around which most of the shops as well as the post office and the police station are located.
- The church of Nossa Senhora de Ajuda is also worth seeing .
Surroundings
- Not far from Mosteiros is one of the few forests in Cape Verde, Floresta de Monte Velha . The landscape is shaped by the lava flows that the volcano Pico do Fogo emitted in 1951.
- Not far southwest of the city is the main attraction of the entire island of Fogo, the Pico do Fogo volcano , which last erupted in 2014. With a height of 2829 m, it is the highest mountain in Cape Verde. After the eruption in 1995, the town of Chã das Caldeiras , which is well worth a visit, was built at its foot, where wine is grown on an area of over 200 ha. Over 100 winegrowers are united in a cooperative that successfully markets the wine. Many buildings in Chã das Caldeiras are made of black lava stone, even the main street is paved with lava blocks.
- One of the few beaches on the island, Praia Casa with bizarre rock formations, extends south of Mosteiros near the village of Cova Matinho .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data on Porto dos Mosteiros from Falling Rain Genomics, accessed on July 14, 2010.
- ^ Lipps, Susanne: Cape Verde Islands , p. 49. Ostfildern 2009.
- ^ Lipps, Susanne: Cape Verde Islands , p. 262. Ostfildern 2009.
- ^ Reitmaier, Pitt & Fortes, Lucete: Cabo Verde , p. 394.Bielefeld 2009.