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São Tomé and Principe

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Map of Sao Tome & Principe Last reviewed: 18 August 2011

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Map of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Area: Total area 1,001 sq km
Population: 179, 000 (World Fact Book est. 2011)
Capital city: São Tomé
Languages: Portuguese, and Creole dialects, of which Lungwa Santome, is the main lingua franca; others are Angolar and Lungwiye (on Principe).
Religion: Catholic 70.3%; Evangelical 3.4%; New Apostolic 2%; Adventist 1.8% (2001 census)
Currency: 1 Dobra = 100 Centimos
Major political parties: Acção Democratic Independent (ADI) - 26 seats; followed by Movimento de Libertacao de São Tomé e Príncipe (MLSTP) - 21 seats; Partido Convergencia Democratica (PCD) - 7 seats; Movimento Democratico Força da Mundança (MDFM) - 1 seat.
Head of State: President Fradique de Menezes (elected July 2006).  President de Menezes will step down on 3 September 2011 to be replaced by President-elect Manuel Pinto da Costa
Prime Minister: Patrice Emery Trovoada, (appointed August 2010)
Foreign Affairs Minister: Manuel Salvador dos Ramos (appointed August 2010)
Membership of international organisations: UN, African Union, Community of Portuguese speaking countries (CPLP) and African Countries with Portuguese as the Official Language (PALOP), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the overlapping Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), and the Guinea Gulf Commission.

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