São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Cape Verde

São Lourenço dos Órgãos
Municipality
Grandvaux Barbosa National Botanical Garden
Coordinates: 15°04′N 23°36′W / 15.06°N 23.60°W / 15.06; -23.60
Country	Cape Verde
Island	Santiago
Area
• Total	36.9 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	7,388
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
ID	78

São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountainous central part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city João Teves. Its population was 7,388 at the 2010 census, and its area is 36.9 km².^[2] The municipality is bordered by Santa Cruz to the northeast, São Domingos to the south, Ribeira Grande de Santiago to the southwest and São Salvador do Mundo to the northwest. Pico de Antónia, the island's highest mountain, straddles the borders of São Lourenço dos Órgãos, São Salvador do Mundo and Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), São Lourenço dos Órgãos. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements (population at the 2010 census):

The municipality was created in 2005, when a parish of the older Municipality of Santa Cruz was separated to become the Municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos.^[4] Until 2008, it was run by the Installation Commission. Its first president was Victor Baessa, president of PAICV, who ruled for eight years until MpD won the 2016 elections.

• Jardim Botânico (Cape Verde) - Cape Verde's only botanical garden

• Orlando Pantera, singer

At the federal level, it belongs to the constituency of Santiago North. Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:^[6]

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• ANMCV (Associação Nacional dos Municípios Cabo-Verdianos - National Association of the Capeverdean Municipalities)