Belo Monte is the name of a former cacao plantation (1922) in the northeastern part of

Príncipe Island Príncipe (; ) is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Cens ...

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 ...

. It has been recently restored and is currently operated as a nature resort. The population of the nearby village, constructed for the plantation personnel, is 75 (2012 census).2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística The settlement is located northeast of the island capital

Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Region ...

and Picão. The plantation grounds include Praia Banana, one of the iconic beaches of Principe

Population history

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Populated places in the Autonomous Region of Príncipe {{SaoTomePrincipe-geo-stub