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São Filipe Municipality

São Filipe

São Filipe is a city on the west coast of the island of , . It is the capital of the island, and the seat of the .
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  • Type: Town with 94,000 residents
  • Description: town in Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Sao Filipe” and “São Filipe, Cape Verde”
  • Historically known as: “Luz”
  • Postal code: 8220

Places of Interest

Highlights include São Filipe Airport and Estádio 5 de Julho.

Aerodrome
Photo: CorreiaPM, Public domain.
is 's fifth most-used airport, located in the island of . It is located 2 km southeast of the town of São Filipe, near the Atlantic Ocean. It is used for domestic flights only.

Pitch
Photo: Cuenqui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in São Filipe, Cape Verde just east of the city center known as Pé de Campo and is near Alto da Aguadinha.

Ruins
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruins.

São Filipe

Latitude
14.8953° or 14° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
-24.4969° or 24° 29′ 49″ west
Population
94,000
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
IATA airport code
SFL
United Nations Location Code
CV SFL
Open location code
796QVGW3+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255095550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3374210
Wiki­data ID
Q13957085
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wolof—“São Filipe” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “São Filipe”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Філіпі”
  • Catalan: “São Filipe”
  • Cebuano: “São Filipe”
  • Chinese: “圣菲利佩”
  • Chinese: “聖菲利佩”
  • Chinese: “聖菲利普縣”
  • Dutch: “São Filipe”
  • French: “São Filipe”
  • German: “São Filipe”
  • Hebrew: “סאו פיליפה”
  • Italian: “São Filipe”
  • Japanese: “サン・フェリペ”
  • Korean: “상필리프”
  • Low German: “São Filipe”
  • Luxembourgish: “São Filipe”
  • Mingrelian: “სან-ფილიპი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “São Filipe”
  • Norwegian: “São Filipe”
  • Persian: “سائو فیلیپه (کیپ ورد)”
  • Persian: “سائو فیلیپه”
  • Polish: “São Filipe”
  • Portuguese: “São Filipe (Fogo)”
  • Portuguese: “São Filipe”
  • Portuguese: “Vila de São Filippe”
  • Scots: “São Filipe”
  • Spanish: “São Filipe”
  • Swahili: “São Filipe, Cabo Verde”
  • Swedish: “Saint Philip”
  • Swedish: “São Filipe, Kap Verde”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Филип”
  • Wolof: “São Filipe”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “São Filipe”. Photo: Mgoike, CC BY-SA 3.0.