Água Grande District
Água Grande | |
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District | |
Location within São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Coordinates: 0°20′N 6°44′E / 0.333°N 6.733°ECoordinates: 0°20′N 6°44′E / 0.333°N 6.733°E | |
Country | São Tomé and Príncipe |
Province/Island | São Tomé |
Seat | São Tomé |
Area | |
• Total | 17 km2 (7 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 73,091 |
• Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC (UTC+0) |
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 island nation of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only 17 km2 (7 sq mi), it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area, but the largest in population with 73,091 residents (2012).[1] The entire district forms a part of the São Tomé City Metropolitan Area.
Population
- 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)
- 2008: 59,144 (est.)
- 2012: 73,091
Settlements
The main settlement is the town São Tomé. Other settlements are:
- Água Porca
- Almeirim
- Boa Morte
- Chacara
- Madre Deus
- Oquê del Rei
- Pantufo
- Quinta Santo António
- Riboque - part of the city of São Tomé
- São João
- São Marçal
Persons
- Marcos Barbeiro, footballer
- Guadalupe de Ceita, medic and a politician
- Adimar Neves, footballer currently living in Europe
- Lecabela Quaresma, athlete
International relations
Água Grande District is twinned with:
References
- ↑ INE, Evolução da população São-Tomense por localidades, 2001/2007-08
- ↑ "Lisboa - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas" [Lisbon - Twinning of Cities and Towns]. Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [National Association of Portuguese Municipalities] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2013-08-23.
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