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Cruzeiro, São Tomé And PrÃncipe
Cruzeiro is a village located in the middle of Mé-Zóchi District, on São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and PrÃncipe São Tomé and PrÃncipe (; pt, São Tomé e PrÃncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and PrÃncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e PrÃncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i .... Its population is 1,716 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e PrÃncipe , Instituto N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé Island
São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and PrÃncipe and is home in May 2018 to about 193,380 or 96% of the nation's population. The island is divided into six districts. It is located 2 km (1¼ miles) north of the equator. Geography São Tomé Island is about long (north-south) by wide (east-west). It rises to at Pico de São Tomé and includes the capital city, São Tomé, on the northeast coast. The nearest city on mainland Africa is the port city of Port Gentil in Gabon located to the east. The island is surrounded by a number of small islands, including Ilhéu das Rolas, Ilhéu das Cabras and Ilhéu Gabado. Languages The main language is Portuguese, but there are many speakers of Forro and Angolar (Ngola), two Portuguese-based creole languages. The name "Sao Tome" is Portuguese for "Saint Thomas." Geology The entire island of São Tomé is a massive shield volcano that rises from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, over below sea lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé And PrÃncipe
São Tomé and PrÃncipe (; pt, São Tomé e PrÃncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and PrÃncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e PrÃncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and PrÃncipe, about apart and about off the north-western coast of Gabon. With a population of 201,800 (2018 official estimate),Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica de São Tomé e PrÃncipe, as at 13 May 2018. São Tomé and PrÃncipe is the second-smallest and second-least populous African sovereign state after Seychelles. The islands were uninhabited until their discovery by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century. Gradually colonized and settled throughout the 16th century, they collectively served as a vital commercial and trade centre for the Atlantic slave trade. The ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mé-Zóchi District
Mé-Zóchi is a district of São Tomé and PrÃncipe, on São Tomé Island. Its area is . With 44,752 residents (2012) rising to 50,800 in 2018, it is the second most populous district of the country.Projecção a nÃvel distrital 2012 - 2020 Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica The district seat is Trindade. It is divided into the five statistical subdistricts [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Africa Time
West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa. West Africa Time is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+01:00), which aligns it with Central European Time (CET) during winter, and Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during summer. As most of this time zone is in the tropical region, there is little change in day length throughout the year and therefore daylight saving time is not observed. West Africa Time is the time zone for the following countries: * (as Central European Time) * * * * * * (western side only) * * * (as Central European Time) * * * * (as Central European Time) * Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC±0 time zone. Civil time in most of those countries is defined with reference to Greenwich Mean Time (now an alias for UTC±0, rather than an independent reference). References See also * Central European Time, an equivalent time zone covering most E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instituto Nacional De EstatÃstica (São Tomé And PrÃncipe)
The Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica (Portuguese for the ''National Statistics Institute'', abbreviated as INE) is the public statistics institute of São Tomé and PrÃncipe. It is the central executive body of the National Statistical System (''Sistema EstatÃstico Nacional'', SEN), which is responsible for the production and dissemination of official statistics. Its current director is Elsa Maria Cardoso. Population census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...es have been held roughly every decade: in 1981, 1991, 2001, and 2012. References External linksOfficial website Government of São Tomé and PrÃncipe Sao Tome Principe {{SãoToméPrÃncipe-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Fortunato Pires
Francisco Fortunato Pires (born 24 November 1948) is a São Toméan politician. He was President of the country's National Assembly from November 16, 1994 to April 18, 2002. He was born in the hamlet of Canga, today a neighborhood of Cruzeiro not far from Trindade. He was also Minister of Justice in the 1980s. After independence, he attended at the University of Lisbon in 1981 and the University of Havana in 1987. He became Minister of Justice from 1985 to 1991. From 1981 to 1993, he was also Santomean ambassador to Portrugal. He represented MLSTP-PSD for the district of Cantagalo, a party he campaigned from 1974 to the legislative elections in 1980. After independence he represented Mé-Zochi in the legislative elections in 1985, 1994 and in 1998. Between 1994 and 2002, he was president of the Santomean National Assembly. He succeeded Leonel Mário d'Alva and was succeeded by DionÃsio Tomé Dias. Running as an independent candidate in the 29 July 2001 presidential electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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