Neves is a town on the north west coast of

São Tomé Island São Tomé Island, at , is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe 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 ...

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. It is the seat of the

Lembá District Lembá is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Its area is , and its population is 14,652 (2012).São Tomé and Príncipe
www.citypopulation.de The main subdivisions of Neves are Benga, Rosema, Água Tomá, Bom Sucesso and

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. It is the site of a deep-water port that was jointly constructed with Nigeria. Neves is home to some of the few industrial facilities on the island, such as a brewery and a

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fueled by

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and

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. The plant was built by a consortium from

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in 2014. It is capable of producing 30 megawatts of gas power and an additional 5 megawatts of solar power. As part of a Joint Development Zone between the two countries, São Tomé and Príncipe and

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agreed in 2012 to construct a fuel port in Neves. The jetty extending off the coast is able to accommodate two

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-sized vessels simultaneously, which could be tied up at a depth of . The port was jointly organized by the two countries as part of the agreement. Funding was provided by the Nigerian government and by the Joint Development Authority Investment. Nigeria also provided the processing contract to construct the port. In return, the government of São Tomé and Príncipe provided the land used in construction and granted a

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to the project's investors.

Population history

Sports

Neves is home to football club

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, which plays in the

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, the top division of football in the country.

International relations

The Portuguese city of

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has been a

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of Neves since 1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neves, Sao Tome And Principe Populated places in Lembá District Populated coastal places in São Tomé and Príncipe