Sao Tomé

São Tomé babban birni ne kuma birni mafi girma a tsibirin São Tomé da Principe na Afirka ta Tsakiya. Sunanta Portuguese don " Saint Thomas ". An kafa shi a karni na 15, yana daya daga cikin tsoffin biranen Afirka da suka yi mulkin mallaka.

 Tarihi 
Álvaro Caminha ya kafa mulkin mallaka na São Tomé a cikin shekarun 1493. Mutanen Portuguese sun zo Sao Tomé don neman kasa don shuka rake. Tsibirin ba shi da mazauna kafin zuwan Portuguese wani lokaci a 1470 kusa da Sao Tomé, mai tazarar  arewa da equator, yana da yanayin damshi a wurin wanda ya zaa iya shuka rake a cikin daji. Yaran Yahudawa su 2,000, ’yan shekara takwas zuwa kasa, an dauke su daga yankin Iberian don yin aikin gonakin sukari. Masarautar Kongo na Afirka da ke kusa ta zama tushen aikin bayi kuma. Tsibirin São Tomé shine babban cibiyar samar da sukari a karni na sha shida; Brazil ta mamaye ta a shekara ta 1600.

São Tomé na tsakiya ne akan babban coci na karni na sha shida, wanda aka sake gina shi a karni na 19. Wani ginin farko shine Fort São Sebastião, wanda aka gina a 1566 kuma yanzu Sao Tomé National Museum. A ranar 9 ga watan Yuli, 1595, wani tawaye na bayi, karkashin jagorancin Rei Amador ya mamaye babban birnin; An yi musu rauni a shekara ta 1596. A cikin 1599, mutanen Holland sun ɗauki birnin da kuma tsibirin na kwana biyu; sun sake mamaye shi a shekara ta 1641 har tsawon shekara guda. Garin ya kasance babban birnin kasar Portugal ta São Tomé da Principe kuma, daga São Tomé da Principe yancin kai a 1975, a matsayin babban birnin kasar.Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 275

 Geography 
Mahimmanci a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa, São Tomé yana kan Ana Chaves Bay a arewa maso gabashin tsibirin São Tomé, kuma Ilhéu das Cabras yana kusa da bakin teku. São Tomé yana arewa maso gabas da Trindade, kudu maso gabashin Guadalupe da arewa maso yammacin Santana. Yana da alaka da wadannan garuruwan ta wata babbar hanya wacce ta kewaye duk tsibirin São Tomé. Yana da alaka da Cape Verde ta jirgin ruwa na mako-mako.
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