São João dos Angolares is a small town on the east 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 eq ...
in
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
. It is the seat of
Caué District. Its population is 3,605 (2012).
[São Tomé and Príncipe]
www.citypopulation.de The town lies 17 km southwest of
Santana, 17 km northeast 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 List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
and 24 km southwest of the capital
São Tomé
São Tomé is the capital and largest city of the Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for " Saint Thomas". Founded in the 15th century, it is one of Africa's oldest colonial cities.
History
Ál ...
. The Portuguese-based
creole language
A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the simplifying and mixing of different languages into a new one within a fairly brief period of time: often, a pidgin evolved into a full-fledged language. Wh ...
Angolar (''Ngola'') is spoken in and around São João dos Angolares. The plantation complex Roça São João has been restored and is now a restaurant, hotel and arts centre.
Roça São João
www.pousadas.st The town's football (soccer) club is UDRA
UDRA (União Desportiva Rei Amador) is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the southern part of the island of São Tomé in the city of São João dos Angolares and plays at Campo de R ...
(União Desportiva Rei Amador).
Population history
References
Populated places in Caué District
Populated coastal places in São Tomé and Príncipe
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