Cantagalo (district)
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Coordinates | 0 ° 11 ′ N , 6 ° 39 ′ E | |
Basic data | ||
Country | Sao Tome and Principe | |
Sao Tome | ||
ISO 3166-2 | ST-S | |
height | 5 m | |
surface | 119 km² | |
Residents | 17,191 (2012) | |
density | 144.5 Ew. / km² | |
Website | República Democrática de São Tomé e Principe (Portuguese) | |
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Twin cities | Viseu , Portugal | |
Cantagalo is one of the seven districts of São Tomé and Príncipe and is located on the island of São Tomé .
geography
Cantagalo borders on Mé-Zóchi in the north and Caué in the east and has an area of 119 km². In 2012 there were 17,161 people in Cantagolo. The capital is Santana on the east coast of São Tomé with 7,798 inhabitants (2005).
Population development
year | Residents | Share in the total population |
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1940 | 7,854 | 12.9% |
1950 | 8,568 | 14.2% |
1960 | 9,758 | 15.2% |
1970 | 9,697 | 13.1% |
1981 | 10,435 | 10.8% |
1991 | 11,433 | 9.7% |
2001 | 13,258 | 9.6% |
2012 | 17.161 | 9.6% |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística: Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020. (pdf) March 8, 2018, accessed on September 7, 2019 (Portuguese, French).