Caué is a district of
São Tomé and Príncipe
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, on
São Tomé Island
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. Covering , it is the largest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area. In
population
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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.
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Geography
The district includes the small islet of Rolas where the equator
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passes right though the islet's only settlement. Other islets of the district include Ilhéu Quixibá and Sete Pedras. Much of the district lies within Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé.
Population
Settlements
The main settlement is the town of São João dos Angolares. Other settlements are:
* Angra Toldo
* Dona Augusta
* Ilhéu das Rolas
* Monte Mário
*Ponta Baleia
Ponta Baleia (Portuguese for "whale point") is a headland and a settlement in the south of Caué District on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 43 (2012 census).[Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...]
* 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 repr ...
.Elections in São Tomé and Principe
African Elections Database.
References
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Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé Island