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São Tomé and Príncipe
republic, sovereign state, island country, country, archipelagic state, parliamentary republic
Part ofCentral Africa, Portuguese-speaking African countries, West Africa Edit
Year dem found am12 July 1975 Edit
Official nameRepública Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe, São Tomé e Príncipe, la République démocratique de Sao Tomé-et-Principe, Demokratyczna Republika Wysp Świętego Tomasza i Książęcej Edit
Native labelRepública Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe Edit
Short name🇸🇹 Edit
IPA transcriptionsɑu'tumeː ɔ pɾɪn'siːp Edit
Official languagePortuguese Edit
AnthemIndependência total Edit
Cultureculture of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Motto textUnidade, Disciplina, Trabalho, Unity, Discipline, Labour, Единство, дисциплина, труд, Undod, Disgyblaeth a Llafur Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountrySão Tomé and Príncipe Edit
CapitalSão Tomé Edit
Located in time zoneUTC±00:00, Africa/Sao_Tome Edit
Located in or next to body of waterAtlantic Ocean Edit
Located in/on physical featureCentral Africa Edit
Coordinate location0°19′0″N 6°36′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point1°37′32″N 7°27′44″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point1°42′0″N 7°24′0″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point0°0′48″S 6°31′24″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point0°14′41″N 6°27′38″E Edit
Highest pointPico de São Tomé Edit
Lowest pointAtlantic Ocean Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
State ein headCarlos Vila Nova Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Government ein headPatrice Trovoada Edit
Executive bodygovernment of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Legislative bodyAsamblea Nacional de Santo Tomé y Príncipe Edit
Central bankCentral Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
CurrencySão Tomé and Príncipe dobra Edit
Dey share bother plusGabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug, Schuko Edit
Dey replacePortuguese São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Language dem usePortuguese, Principense, Forro Creole, Angolar Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.saotome.st/ Edit
HashtagSãoToméandPríncipe Edit
Top-level Internet domain.st Edit
Flagflag of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Coat of armsCoat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Geography of topicgeography of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Get characteristicfree country Edit
History of topichistory of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
Mobile country code626 Edit
Country calling code+239 Edit
Trunk prefixno value Edit
Emergency phone number112 Edit
Maritime identification digits668 Edit
Unicode character🇸🇹 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of São Tomé and Príncipe Edit
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São Tomé and Príncipe, officially de Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, be an island country insyd de Gulf of Guinea, off de western equatorial coast of Central Africa. E dey consist of two archipelagos around de two main islands of São Tomé den Príncipe, about 150 km (93.21 mi) apart den about 250 and 225 km (155 and 140 mi) off de northwestern coast of Gabon. Plus a population of 201,800 (2018 official estimate),[1] São Tomé and Príncipe be de second-smallest den second-least populous African sovereign state after Seychelles.

De people of São Tomé and Príncipe be predominantly of African den mestiço descent, wey chaw dey practice Christianity. De legacy of Portuguese rule sanso be visible insyd de country ein culture, customs, den music, wich dey fuse European den African influences. São Tomé and Príncipe be a founding member state of de Community of Portuguese Language Countries.

Politics

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Administrative divisions

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Insyd 1977, two years after independence, na dem divide de country into two provinces (São Tomé Province den Príncipe Province) den six districts. Since na dem adopt de new constitution insyd 1990, dem abolish de provinces, den de districts be de administrative subdivisions per. Since 29 April 1995, na de island of Príncipe be an autonomous region, coterminous plus de district of Pagué. Dem divide de larger island of São Tomé into six districts den Príncipe island into one:[2]

São Tomé Island

  • Água Grande
  • Cantagalo
  • Caué
  • Lembá
  • Lobata
  • Mé-Zóchi

Príncipe Island

  • Pagué

References

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  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística de São Tomé e Príncipe, as of 13 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Nunes Silva, Carlos (2016). "São Tomé and Príncipe". Governing Urban Africa. Springer Nature. pp. 35–39. ISBN 9781349951093 – via Google Books.

Bibliography

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  • Seibert, Gerhard (2006). Comrades, Clients, and Cousins: Colonialism, Socialism, and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004147362.
  • Seibert, Gerhard (2013). "São Tomé & Príncipe: The First Plantation Economy in the Tropics". In Law, Robin; Strickrodt, Silke; Schwarz, Suzanne (eds.). Commercial Agriculture, the Slave Trade and Slavery in Atlantic Africa. Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey. ISBN 9781847011367.
  • Vogt, John L. (1973). "The Early Sao Tome-Principe Slave Trade with Mina, 1500–1540". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 6 (3): 453–467. doi:10.2307/216611. JSTOR 216611.

Read further

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  • Chabal, Patrick (ed.) 2002. A history of postcolonial Lusophone Africa. London: C. Hurst. ISBN 1-85065-589-8 – Overview of the decolonization of Portugal's African colonies, and a chapter specifically about São Tomé and Príncipe's experience since the 1970s.
  • Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. "The independence of São Tomé e Príncipe and agrarian reform." Journal of Modern African Studies 27.4 (1989): 671–678.
  • Frynas, Jędrzej George, Geoffrey Wood, and Ricardo MS Soares de Oliveira. "Business and politics in São Tomé e Príncipe: from cocoa monoculture to petro‐state." African Affairs 102.406 (2003): 51–80. online
  • Hodges, Tony, and Malyn Dudley Dunn Newitt. São Tomé and Príncipe: from plantation colony to microstate (Westview Press, 1988).
  • Keese, Alexander. "Forced labour in the 'Gorgulho Years': Understanding reform and repression in Rural São Tomé e Príncipe, 1945–1953." Itinerario 38.1 (2014): 103–124.
  • Tomás, Gil, et al. "The peopling of Sao Tome (Gulf of Guinea): origins of slave settlers and admixture with the Portuguese." Human biology 74.3 (2002): 397–411.
  • Weszkalnys, Gisa. "Hope & oil: expectations in São Tomé e Príncipe." Review of African Political Economy 35.117 (2008): 473–482. online
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