Official Name: | Terreiro Velho |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Principe |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on Príncipe Island |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | São Tomé and Príncipe |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Príncipe |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 152 |
Timezone1: | WAT |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 1.6115°N 7.4227°W |
Terreiro Velho is a village in the southeastern part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 152 (2012 census).[1] Terreiro Velho lies 3 km south of the island capital of Santo António and 1 km southwest of Nova Estrela. In the mid-1990s, Italian businessman Claudio Corallo bought an abandoned 120 hectares cocoa plantation in Terreiro Velho, and restored it to produce high quality chocolate.[2]