Água Grande District

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District of Água Grande

Statistics
Province/Island:	São Tomé
Seat:	São Tomé
Area:	17 km²
Population:	51,886 (2001)
Population density:	about 3,052/km²
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea) southern part
Area/distance code:	+239-12x-xxxx
Location:	0.335/0°20'10' N lat. 6.714/6°43'53' E long.
ISO 3166-2 code:	`ST-01`?

Água Grande is a district of São Tomé Province. Its capital, São Tomé, is also the provincial capital of São Tomé, and national capital of the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only 17 square kilometers, it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area, but the largest in population with an estimated 54,300 residents in 2004.

District Population History

1940 8,431 (13.9% of the national population)
1950 7,821 (13.0% of the national population)
1960 9,586 (14.9% of the national population)
1970 19,636 (26.6% of the national population)
1981 32,375 (33.5% of the national population)
1991 42,331 (36.0% of the national population)
2001 51,886 (37.7% of the national population)

[edit] Settlements

Pantufo (pop: 1,929 in 2000, 2,169 in 2005)
São Tomé
- 2001 community population: 49,957

[edit] Other

Água Grande has schools or collegiates (colegio), lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (high schools), São Tomé and Príncipe's only hospital and airport, a stadium, churches, beaches, a port and a few squares (praças). The municipality is the most developed in São Tomé and Príncipe.