Água Grande is a district of

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 ...

, on

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 ...

. Its 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 Álva ...

, is also the national capital of the equatorial

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only , it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area, but the largest in

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

with 69,454 residents in 2012 rising to an estimated 77,700 in 2018.Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020
Instituto Nacional de Estatística It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts

and Pantufo.

Population

Settlements

The main settlement is the town

. Other settlements are: * Água Porca *

Almeirim Almeirim () is a city and a municipality in Santarém District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 23,376, in an area of 222.12 km². The city proper had a population of 10,520 in 2001. History There are vestiges of mid-Paleolithic to Meso ...

* Boa Morte * Chacara *

Correia Correia (Portuguese and Galician for "leather strap") is a surname of Portuguese and Galician origin, also spelled Correa or Corrêa. Correia/Correa is found throughout all of the Iberian Peninsular. It may refer to: People General Portuguese ...

* Madre Deus * Oque del Rei * Pantufo * Ponta Mina * Quinta Santo António *

Riboque Riboque is a suburb of the city 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 Afric ...

* São João da Vargem * São Marçal

Politics

Água Grande currently has 13 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

.Elections in São Tomé and Principe
African Elections Database.

Persons

* Marcos Barbeiro, footballer *

Guadalupe de Ceita João Guadalupe Viegas de Ceita (born 4 February 1929) is a Santomean writer and a doctor, one of the national heroes. He was one of co-founders and ideologist of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP), a project for ...

, medic and a politician *

Manuel Pinto da Costa Manuel Pinto da Costa (born 5 August 1937) is a Santomean economist and politician who served as the first president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He again served as president from 2011 to 2016. Life and career Educated in Eas ...

, politician, President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2011 to 2016 * Adimar Neves, footballer currently living in Europe *

Lecabela Quaresma Lecabela Dias da Fonseca Quaresma (born 26 December 1989 in Água Grande) is a Portuguese track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by wom ...

, athlete

International relations

Água Grande District is twinned with: *

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Portugal

References

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