Cantagalo 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 ...
, 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 equ ...
. Its area is , and its
population
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is 17,161 (2012).
[Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020]
Instituto Nacional de Estatística The district seat is
Santana. It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts
Santana and
Ribeira Afonso.
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Population
Settlements
The main settlement is the town Santana. Other settlements are:
* Água Izé
* Anselmo Andrade
* Cidade Alta
* Cova Água
* Guegue
* Nova Olinda
* Picão Flor
* Praia Messias Alves
* Ribeira Afonso
* Riboque Santana
* Santa Clotilde
* Uba Budo
* Zandrigo
Points of interests
*Roça Água Izé
* Ilhéu de Santana
Politics
Cantagalo currently has seven 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 r ...
.Elections in São Tomé and Principe
African Elections Database.
References
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Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé Island