Água Grande District Explained

Official Name:	Água Grande
Settlement Type:	District
Mapsize:	200px
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	São Tomé and Príncipe
Subdivision Type1:	Island
Subdivision Name1:	São Tomé
Seat:	São Tomé
Area Total Km2:	16.5
Population As Of:	2018
Population Total:	77700
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	UTC
Utc Offset1:	+0
Coordinates:	0.3333°N 50°W

Água Grande is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Its capital, São Tomé, is also the national capital of the equatorial Atlantic island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only 16.5km2, it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area,^[1] but the largest in population with 69,454 residents in 2012 rising to an estimated 77,700 in 2018.^[2] It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts São Tomé and Pantufo.^{[3] [2]}

Settlements

The main settlement is the town São Tomé. Other settlements are:

• Água Porca
• Almeirim
• Boa Morte
• Chacara
• Correia
• Madre Deus
• Oque del Rei
  • Pantufo Ponta Mina
• Quinta Santo António
  • Riboque São João da Vargem
• São Marçal

Politics

Água Grande currently has 13 seats in the National Assembly.^[4]

Persons

• Marcos Barbeiro, footballer
• Guadalupe de Ceita, medic and a politician
• Manuel Pinto da Costa, politician, President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2011 to 2016
• Adimar Neves, footballer currently living in Europe
• Lecabela Quaresma, athlete

International relations

Água Grande District is twinned with:

• Lisbon, Portugal^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.citypopulation.de/SaoTome.html Sao Tome and Principe
2. https://www.ine.st/index.php/informacoes-estatisticas/ipc2/file/270-projeccao-a-nivel-distrital-2012-2020 Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020
3. https://www.ine.st/index.php/publicacoes/documentos/file/177-2-regiao-distritos-subdistritos-4 Statistical divisions of São Tomé and Príncipe
4. http://africanelections.tripod.com/st.html Elections in São Tomé and Principe
5. Web site: Lisboa - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas. 2013-08-23. Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [National Association of Portuguese Municipalities]. Portuguese. Lisbon - Twinning of Cities and Towns.