Lembá
| Lembá | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Capital | Neves |
| surface | 229 km² |
| Residents | 14,652 (2012) |
| density | 64 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | ST-S |
Coordinates: 0 ° 15 ' N , 6 ° 31' E
Lembá is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe and is located on the island of São Tomé .
geography
Lembá borders Lobata in the northeast, Mé-Zóchi in the east and Caué in the southeast . The district had 14,652 inhabitants in 2012 and is the second largest of the seven districts with an area of 229 km². The capital is Neves on the west coast of São Tomé with around 10,000 inhabitants (2012); another place is Santa Catarina . Lembá is also home to the highest São Tomé mountain, the 2,024 high Pico de São Tomé .
Population development
- 1940 6,885 inhabitants (11.4% of the total population)
- 1950 6,196 inhabitants (10.3%)
- 1960 6,196 inhabitants (9.7%)
- 1970 6,206 inhabitants (8.4%)
- 1981 7,905 inhabitants (8.2%)
- 1991 9,016 inhabitants (7.7%)
- 2001 10,696 inhabitants (7.8%)
- 2012 14,652 inhabitants (8.2%)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística: Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020. (pdf) March 8, 2018, accessed on September 7, 2019 (Portuguese, French).
