São Filipe is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde.

[3] Since 2016, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality.

The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[6] The city has the stadium, it has the Estadio 5 de Julho which is used for football (soccer), a multisport complex named Simão Mendes[7] and a pavilion named Luzia Nunes located in another settlement close to Patim.

Sports clubs in the municipality include Académica do Fogo, Botafogo, Spartak d'Aguadinha, União, Valência and Vulcânicos.

Each year, the São Filipe Municipal Cup, a football (soccer) competition takes place each year in the months of September or October.