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Sao Tome and Principe / São Tomé e Príncipe - flag / bandeira. Background: Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century. Although independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. The first free elections were held in 1991. Location: Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon. Ethnic groups: mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)

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São Tomé and Príncipe
Cantagalo district

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São Tomé island											Príncipe island

	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: replica of a Portuguese padrão - 1460 / réplica de um padrão dos descobrimentos			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: façade of the main church - Portuguese colonial architecture / fachada da igreja paroquial
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: old shop / velha loja			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: belfry of the Catholic church - rebuilt in 1949 by the governor Monteiro Vaz / torre da igreja - reconstruída em 1940 pelo governador Monteiro Vaz
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: Christ in the main church / Cristo na igreja paroquial			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: XV century sculptures in the main church / esculturas do século XV na igreja paroquial
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: church from the waterfront / igreja junto ao mar			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: wooden house with traditional eaves / casa de madeira com beirados tradicionais
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: leisure on the beach - Hotel Club Santana Resort / lazer na praia			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: coconut trees over Santana cove / coqueiros sobre a enseada de Santana
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: old Portuguese red post-box / velho marco de correio dos CTT			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: small fishing boat and Santana islet - view from Santana Club Resort / barco de pesca e Ilhéu Santana, visto do miradouro do Resort Club Santana
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: bungallows, coconut trees and the Ocean - Hotel Club Santana Resort / bungallows, coqueiros e o mar			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: fisherman enters the Ocean is fragile sailing boat / pescador numa frágil casca de noz
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: the perfect beach of Hotel Club Santana Resort / praia perfeita			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: horizon, coconut trees and beach - Hotel Club Santana Resort / horizonte, coqueiros e praia
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: quite beach and tropical vegetation - Hotel Club Santana Resort / praia tranquila e vegetação tropical			Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: beach chairs - Hotel Club Santana Resort / dadeiras de praia
	Santana, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: beach and Santana cove - Hotel Club Santana Resort / Enseada de Santana			Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: cocoa processing machinery / maquinaria para processamento do cacau
	Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: boiler house and palm oil factory / casa das caldeiras e fábrica de óleo de palma			Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: palm oil factory machines / máquinas na fábrica de óleo de palma
	Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: cocoa beans before roasting / grãos de cacau antes da torrefacção			Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: cocoa beans drying naturally in a greenhouse / estufa usada para a secagem natural do cacau
	Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: old warehouse / velho armazém			Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: buildings of the old senzala, still used today - slave accomodation / os velhos pavilhões da senzala são ainda hoje o melhor alojamento disponível
	Água Izé plantation / roça Água Izé, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: Porcelain Rose, Ginger Flower, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger - Etlingera elatior / Rosa-de-porcelana selvagem			Boca do Inferno, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: windswept coconut tress on the cliff edge / coqueiros acossados pelo vento, junto à falésia
	Boca do Inferno, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: Hell's Mouth blowhole - water explosion / furna de sopro - explosão de água			Boca do Inferno, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: Hell's Mouth blowhole / furna de sopro
	Ribeira Afonso, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: boats and church / barcos e igreja			Praia Micondó, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: beach improvised with coconut trunks / ponte feita com troncos de coqueiro
	Praia Sete Ondas - Praia do Morrão dos Castelos, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: beach and Bengal almond, Tropical almond, Sea almond, Terminalia catappa / praia e amendoeira tropical - carroceiro			Praia Micondó, Cantagalo district, São Tomé: secluded beach on a gray day / praia num dia cinzento

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São Tomé island											Príncipe island

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