São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially de Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, be an island country insyd de Gulf of Guinea, off de western equatorial coast of Central Africa. E dey consist of two archipelagos around de two main islands of São Tomé den Príncipe, about  apart den about  off de northwestern coast of Gabon. Plus a population of 201,800 (2018 official estimate),Instituto Nacional de Estadística de São Tomé e Príncipe, as of 13 May 2018. São Tomé and Príncipe be de second-smallest den second-least populous African sovereign state after Seychelles.

De people of São Tomé and Príncipe be predominantly of African den mestiço descent, wey chaw dey practice Christianity. De legacy of Portuguese rule sanso be visible insyd de country ein culture, customs, den music, wich dey fuse European den African influences. São Tomé and Príncipe be a founding member state of de Community of Portuguese Language Countries.

 Politics 

 Administrative divisions 
Insyd 1977, two years after independence, na dem divide de country into two provinces (São Tomé Province den Príncipe Province) den six districts. Since na dem adopt de new constitution insyd 1990, dem abolish de provinces, den de districts be de administrative subdivisions per. Since 29 April 1995, na de island of Príncipe be an autonomous region, coterminous plus de district of Pagué. Dem divide de larger island of São Tomé into six districts den Príncipe island into one:

São Tomé Island

Água Grande
Cantagalo
Caué
Lembá
Lobata
Mé-Zóchi

Príncipe Island

Pagué

 References 

Category:São Tomé and Príncipe
Category:1975 establishments insyd São Tomé and Príncipe
Category:Central African countries
Category:Countries for Africa insyd
Category:Former colonies insyd Africa
Category:Former Portuguese colonies
Category:Gulf of Guinea
Category:Island countries
Category:Least developed countries
Category:Member states of de African Union
Category:Member states of de Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Category:Member states of de Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Category:Member states of de United Nations
Category:Countries den territories wer Portuguese be official language
Category:Portuguese colonisation insyd Africa
Category:Republics
Category:Small Island Developing States
Category:States den territories dem establish insyd 1975

 Bibliography 





 Read further 

 Chabal, Patrick (ed.) 2002. A history of postcolonial Lusophone Africa. London: C. Hurst.  – Overview of the decolonization of Portugal's African colonies, and a chapter specifically about São Tomé and Príncipe's experience since the 1970s.
 Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. "The independence of São Tomé e Príncipe and agrarian reform." Journal of Modern African Studies 27.4 (1989): 671–678.
 Frynas, Jędrzej George, Geoffrey Wood, and Ricardo MS Soares de Oliveira. "Business and politics in São Tomé e Príncipe: from cocoa monoculture to petro‐state." African Affairs 102.406 (2003): 51–80. online
 Hodges, Tony, and Malyn Dudley Dunn Newitt. São Tomé and Príncipe: from plantation colony to microstate (Westview Press, 1988).
 Keese, Alexander. "Forced labour in the 'Gorgulho Years': Understanding reform and repression in Rural São Tomé e Príncipe, 1945–1953." Itinerario 38.1 (2014): 103–124.
 Tomás, Gil, et al. "The peopling of Sao Tome (Gulf of Guinea): origins of slave settlers and admixture with the Portuguese." Human biology 74.3 (2002): 397–411.
 Weszkalnys, Gisa. "Hope & oil: expectations in São Tomé e Príncipe." Review of African Political Economy 35.117 (2008): 473–482. online
 External links 

 Country Profile from BBC News
 São Tomé and Príncipe. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
 Wikimedia Atlas of São Tomé and Príncipe
 São Tomé e Príncipe—Tourist information
 Key Development Forecasts for São Tomé and Príncipe from International Futures

Government
 Página Oficial do Governo de São Tomé e Príncipe – Official Page of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe (insyd Portuguese)
 Presidência da República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe – President of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (official site) (insyd Portuguese)
 Assembleia Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe – National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe (official site) (insyd Portuguese)
 Instituto Nacional de Estatística Archived 13 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine– National statistics institute (insyd Portuguese)
 Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe
 Chief of State and Cabinet Members