Achada Furna is a village located east of the island capital of Sao Filipe

São Filipe, Cape Verde

São Filipe , or San Filipi in Cape Verdean Creole, is the city that constitutes the seat of the São Filipe Municipality, in Cape Verde.It is located SW of the island and in the southwestern part of the island...

 in the island of Fogo

Fogo, Cape Verde

Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...

, Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

. The settlement is linked with the road encircling the island and also links with the road linking north towards Chã das Caldeiras

Chã das Caldeiras

Chã das Caldeiras is a small community of approximately 1,000 inhabitants, situated within the crater of the volcanic Pico do Fogo on the island of Fogo, one of nine inhabited islands comprising the West African nation of Cape Verde...

. This settlement is not to be confused with Achada Grande in the north of the island.

Geography

The area around Achada Furna contains farmlands around the area as well as grasslands and rocks in the mountains to the north. The living standards are in the low range as well as its income, one time, there were no money until the late-20th century. The village is near the island's middle class. Much of the population are farmers and are based in agriculture where banana plantations, pineapple and other crops are common. However, much of the needy materials comes from the island capital, nearby Cova Figueira and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances are partially available in the area as well as phone lines. A part of the necessities comes from the island capital.