Ponta Baleia (Portuguese for "whale point") is a headland and a settlement in the south of
Caué District
Caué is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Covering , it is the largest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area. In population it is the smallest, with 6,031 residents (2012).[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 equ ...]
in
São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 43 (2012 census).
[2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe]
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística The locality lies 1.5 km east of
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...
and 2 km southeast of
Vila Malanza. A ferry goes from Ponta Baleia to
Ilhéu das Rolas.
Population history
References
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Populated places in Caué District
Populated coastal places in São Tomé and Príncipe
Landforms of São Tomé and Príncipe