São JorgeCódigo Geográfico Nacional, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, code 78114, p. 89 (also: São Jorge dos Órgãos) is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the São Lourenço dos Órgãos municipality. In 2010 its population was 6. It is situated 2.5 km southwest of João Teves and 4 km southeast of Picos. Its elevation is 319 meters.
It is home to the Jardim Botânico (Botanical Garden), the only one in Cape Verde.Jardim Botânico de Cabo Verde There is also a research institute of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, part of the University of Cape Verde.Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais
Notable person The writer Tomé Varela da Silva was born in the village in 1950.Gerald M. Moser, Changing Africa : the first literary generation of Independent Cape Verde, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1992, p. 17-18
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