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Fogo

only island of Cape Verde with an active volcano
Landform island Q426555
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Summary

Fogo is an island[1]. Fogo ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,645 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: São Filipe[3], Santa Catarina do Fogo[4], Mosteiros[5]
  • Country: Cape Verde[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[7]
  • Capital: São Filipe[8]
  • Location: Atlantic Ocean[9]
  • Part of: Sotavento Islands[10]
  • Commons category: Fogo (Cape Verde)[11]
  • Highest point: Pico do Fogo[12]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Cape Verde[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fogo, Cape Verde[14]
  • Population: 38,600[15]
  • Length: 26.1 km[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2829 m[17]
  • Area: 476 km²[18]
  • Width: 26.2 km[19]
  • Coextensive with: Fogo[20]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Fogo (Cape Verde)[21]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Fogo (Cape Verde)[22]
  • P14541: 1hO9pi[23]

Why It Matters

Fogo has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Fogo is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Cape Verde

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 53
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 20d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → fogo-sala
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: fogo-sala"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1hO9pi
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → São Filipe, Santa Catarina do Fogo, Mosteiros
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+26.2'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Fogo, Cape Verde
    Instance of → island
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/fogo/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn and WD:A"
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