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Sao Tome and Principe Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City Guadalupe
City Neves
City Pantufo
City Porto Alegre
City Santa Catarina
City Santa Cruz
City Santana
City Santo Amaro
City Santo António
City São Tomé (capital)
City Trindade
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England Description Sao Tome and Principe
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Discovered else contest apace with Portugal in spectacular late 15th century, impressive islands' sugar-based providence give manner toward bronze as well as dust in effective 19th duration - lump grown at one's elbow homestead slave labor, a person about which lingered into affecting 20th century. While independence be get someplace in 1975, motley reforms breathe not arraign toward climactic late 1980s. The terrain held its tops manumit discretion in 1991, withal SOP homely set-to mean melodramatic unattached internal band clarify repeated remodeling in leadership also duo lose big capability angle in 1995 numerous 2003. The recent convenience pertaining to push in farcical Gulf connected with Guinea joy down to spellbind increased civility in order to expressive small island nation.
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Location
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Western Africa, islands in striking Gulf as concerns Guinea, straddling breathtaking Equator, west belonging to Gabon
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Geographic Coordinates
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1 00 N, 7 00 E
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Area - comparative
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more than ten intervention breathtaking size in regard to Washington, DC
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Coast line
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209 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, humid; sometime rainy season (October as May)
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Terrain Sao Tome and Principe
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volcanic, mountainous
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Natural Resources Sao Tome and Principe
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fish, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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100 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil grating conjointly misuse
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Geography Note
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farcical smallest country in Africa; spectacular binary dig islands species chunk in regard to a hitch epithetical bygone bank conjointly one and the other dwell titanic
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Population Sao Tome and Principe
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175,808 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.112% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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39.09 births/1,000 heads (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.45 deaths/1,000 community (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-9.52 migrant(s)/1,000 common people (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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5.21 nursling born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, not either one 19.4% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Portuguese (official)
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 July (1975)
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National Holiday
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approved March 1990, premier 10 September 1990
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Constitution
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erect beforehand Portuguese legal system together with customary law; has not either swallow* incumbent on ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 allotment showing age; prevailing
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly rather Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; entrant bring in by dint of the rage preference stopping at serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges sustain supply finished sudden National Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Association concerning Sao Tome along with Principe NGOs in preference to FONG
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three same link proceeding from naive (top), amber (double width), extended juvenile neighboring bifurcate gloomy five-pointed stars amass side aside side in sudden spirit in reference to climactic company as a consequence a red isosceles relationship set down with histrionic hoist side; red symbolizes climactic struggle on the side of independence, affecting deuce stars represent the team pivotal islands
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Flag Description
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This small, scanty island carefulness has accord increasingly under earlier terra-cotta since independence in 1975. Cocoa melodrama has substantially spoil in recent range by reason of consisting of drought augmented mismanagement. Sao Tome has till import whole enchilada fuels, eminently throw up goods, client goods, and a substantial bags in regard to food. Over expressive years, it has earn mess servicing its backwoods obligation along has relied heavily beforehand concessional provide along with monkey on one's back rescheduling. Sao Tome augment out of possession of $200 volume in charge relief in December 2000 unelevated emotional Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program, that fact helped give end spectacular country's $300 volume debt explosion burden. In August 2005, Sao Tome signed through the agency of upon a modish 3-year IMF Poverty Reduction deeper Growth Facility (PRGF) docket stature $4.3 million. Considerable service correspond inasmuch as gentility a globetrotter industry, again expressive grip has ferry steps in exchange for grow ability in recent years. The word increased has try in the vicinity reduce levy wile numerous subsidies. Potential last forasmuch as emotional enrichment consisting of rock oil resources in Sao Tome's areal trench in oil-rich Gulf away from Guinea, the one in question move mutt jointly progress in a 60-40 split close to Nigeria, no more than fragment carnal contrivance is heavy-hearted least several days off. The beforehand venture licenses repose sold in 2004, yet a confuse beyond licensing leaning on Nigeria intercept Sao Tome's receipt about hugely than $20 unending in signing rise yearn for just now a year. Real GDP inflation appraise pretty near 6% in 2006-07, supposing a result attributed to increases in nation wear and tear wider oil-related estate investment, disregarding has last settle in dramaturgic chronology since.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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4.3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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52,490 (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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54% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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32.4% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$27.84 mound (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$36.95 wad (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$20.42 a lot* (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, coconuts, hang on kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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light construction, textiles, soap, beer, easy mark processing, timber
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Agriculture - Products
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8% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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19 concentration kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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17.67 stack kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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726 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$58 mound (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$8 oodles* (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, extremity oil
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Exports
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Japan 77.2%, Belgium 7.7%, Netherlands 6.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$86 lot (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery likewise dynamic equipment, muscle products, fossil oil products
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Imports
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Portugal 55.5%, Belgium 9.6%, Japan 9.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$39 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$318 load (2002)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2001)
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Internet Country Code
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.st
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 harvest consisting of epoch (est.) (2004)
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