Caué District
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Caué is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, 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 ...
. Covering , it is the largest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area. 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 ...
it is the smallest, with 6,031 residents (2012).Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020
Instituto Nacional de Estatística
The district seat is São João dos Angolares. It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts São João dos Angolares and Malanza.


Geography

The district includes the small islet of Rolas where the equator passes right though the islet's only settlement. Other than Ilhéu das Rolas, the district also includes other islets including Ilhéu Quixibá and Sete Pedras. Much of the district lies within Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé. The most notable natural landmark is the volcanic vent
Pico Cão Grande The Pico Cão Grande (Portuguese for "Great Dog Peak") is a landmark needle-shaped volcanic plug peak in São Tomé and Príncipe, in the Caué District of São Tomé Island in Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé. Its summit is above sea level, ...
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Population


Settlements

The main settlement is the town São João dos Angolares. Other settlements are: *
Angra Toldo Angra Toldo is a village in Caué District on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 433 (2012 census).Dona Augusta * Ilhéu das Rolas * Monte Mário * Ponta Baleia *
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 ...
* Praia Pesqueira * Ribeira Peixe * Santa Josefina * Vila Clotilde * Vila Malanza


Politics

Caué currently has five 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.


References

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