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Trindade (São Tomé And Príncipe)
Trindade ( Portuguese for the Trinity) is a town located on São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla .... Its population is 16,140 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe Instituto Nacional de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of São Tomé and Príncipe, districts. It is located 2 km (1¼ miles) north of the equator. Geography São Tomé Island is about long (north-south) by wide (east-west). It rises to at Pico de São Tomé and includes the capital city, São Tomé, on the northeast coast. It is situated in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Africa. The nearest city on mainland Africa is the port city of Port Gentil in Gabon located to the east. The island is surrounded by a number of small islands, including Ilhéu das Rolas, Ilhéu das Cabras and Ilhéu Gabado. Languages The main language is Portuguese language, Portuguese, but there are many speakers of Forro language, Forro and Angolar language, Angolar (Ngola), two Portuguese-based creole languages. The name "" is Portuguese for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruzeiro, São Tomé And Príncipe
Cruzeiro is a village located in the middle of Mé-Zóchi District, on São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 1,716 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe , Instituto Nacional de Estatística It lies directly to the south of Trindade. Population history ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldair Santos
Aldair Cruz dos Santos (born 4 September 1989), known simply as Aldair, is a São Toméan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club RSD Jette and the São Tomé and Príncipe national team. He left his country at age 13. He joined Belgian provincial side Bon Air in 2009, leaving it three years later when he moved to Black Star, where he played until 2014 when he signed for RSD Jette. As a result of his long-term current residence in Belgium, he also holds Belgian citizenship. International career Aldair made his international debut on 22 March 2017, when he was a starter in a loss Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... References External links * 1989 births Living people People from Mé-Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almada Negreiros
José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, usually known as Almada Negreiros (7 April 1893 – 15 June 1970), was a Portuguese artist. He was born in the colony of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, the son of a Portuguese father, António Lobo de Almada Negreiros, and a Santomean mother, Elvira Freire Sobral. Besides literature and painting, Almada developed ballet choreographies, and worked on tapestry, engraving, murals, caricature, mosaic, azulejo and stained glass. Life and work His mother died in 1896. In 1900 he entered a Jesuit boarding school in Campolide, Lisbon. After the October 1910 republican revolution the school was closed and Almada entered the ''Escola Internacional'', also in Lisbon. In 1913 he had his first individual exhibition, showing 90 drawings. In 1915, along with Fernando Pessoa and Mário de Sá-Carneiro, he published poems and texts in the '' Orpheu'' artistic magazine, which would introduce modernist literature and art in Portugal. This same year Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Leiden
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest university in the Netherlands of today. During the Dutch Golden Age scholars from around Europe were attracted to the Dutch Republic for its climate of intellectual tolerance. Individuals such as René Descartes, Rembrandt, Christiaan Huygens, Hugo Grotius, Benedictus Spinoza, and later Baron d'Holbach were active in Leiden and environs. The university has seven academic faculties and over fifty subject departments, housing more than forty national and international research institutes. Its historical primary campus consists of several buildings spread over Leiden, while a second campus located in The Hague houses a liberal arts college ( Leiden University College The Hague) and several of its faculties. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, the Europaeum, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batepá
Batepa is a village on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 775 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe , Instituto Nacional de Estatística It lies 2 km west of Trindade and 2 km east of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batepá Massacre
The Batepá massacre occurred on 3 February 1953 in colonial São Tomé when hundreds of native Creole peoples#Portuguese Africa, creoles known as ''Forro Creole, forros'' were massacred by the Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, colonial administration and Portuguese landowners. Many ''forros'' believed the government intended to force them to work as contract laborers, to which they objected. In response, the governor blamed the unrest on communists and ordered the military to round up such individuals and for civilians to protect themselves. This quickly turned into a bloodbath, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of ''forros''. No communist conspiracy was ever proven. Background Carlos Gorgulho assumed office as governor in 1945. At the time São Tomé Island was one of the world's largest producers of Cocoa bean, cocoa. Large plantations, called ''roças'', occupied the majority of the island's farmland. The ''roças'' operated as a quasi-feudal system using contract labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidade Lusófona
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies) is the largest private university in Portugal. It is also the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Promotion of the Portuguese language is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees. History The Universidade Lusofona started in 1987 in Lisbon and is the property of Grupo Lusófona a Portuguese private investor group geared at developing higher education institutions in Lusophone countries. Since then, Universidade Lusófona has opened semi-autonomous offshoots in Porto, Luanda, Mindelo (2007). The Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), is a private higher education establishment that belongs to the Lusófona Group, located in Portimão, Portugal, and founded as suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemos, São Tomé And Príncipe
Lemos is a village on São Tomé Island in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 1,136 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe , Instituto Nacional de Estatística (São Tomé and Príncipe), Instituto Nacional de Estatística It is 2 km east of Trindade (São Tomé and Príncipe), Trindade. References Populated places in Mé-Zóchi District {{SaoTomePrincipe-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Tomé And Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about apart and about off the northwestern coast of Gabon. With a population of 201,800 (2018 official estimate),Instituto Nacional de Estadística de São Tomé e Príncipe, as of 13 May 2018. São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest and second-least populous African sovereign state after Seychelles. The islands were uninhabited until Portuguese explorers João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar became the first Europeans to discover them in 1470. Gradually colonized and settled throughout the 16th century, they collectively served as a vital commercial and trade centre for the Atlantic slave trade. The rich volcanic soil and proximity to the equator made São Tomé and Príncipe ideal for sugar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diogo Simão
Diogo Simão is a village in Mé-Zóchi District, São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 600 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe , Instituto Nacional de Estatística It lies 1.5 km southwest of Bobo Forro
Bobo Forro is a village in the north-eastern part of São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe, part of Mé-Zóchi D ...
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