Pagué District

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District of Pagué

Statistics
Province/Island:	Príncipe
Seat:	Santo António, São Tomé and Príncipe
Area:	136 km²
Population:	5,966 (2001)
Population density:	about 43.87/km²
Elevation: Lowest: Centre: Highest:	Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea) Santo Antonio 948 m (Pico de Príncipe)
Area/distance code:	+238-19x-xxxx
Location:	14.91667/14°55' N lat. 23.51667/23°31' W long.
ISO 3166-2 code:	`ST-07`?

Pagué is the single district of Príncipe Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, its population is the smallest with approximately 5,400 residents. Its capital, Santo António (pop: 1,156), is also the provincial capital of Príncipe. This district as well as the province includes several small uninhabited islands around the island of Príncipe. The Obo National Park covers the part of the area.

District Population History

1940 3,124 (5.2% of the national population)
1950 4,402 (7.3% of the national population)
1960 4,544 (7.1% of the national population)
1970 4,593 (6.2% of the national population)
1981 5,255 (5.4% of the national population)
1991 5,471 (4.7% of the national population)
2001 5,966 (4.3% of the national population)

[edit] Persons

Damião Vaz d'Almeida, a former prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe and a former president of the regional government of Príncipe

[edit] Other

Pagué has a school or collegiates (colegio), a lyceum (middle schools), churches, beaches, a port and a few squares (praças). Much of the area are underdeveloped and is the least developed in the two islands. Much of its roads are unpaved.