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Sao Tome and Principe Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Sao Tome and Principe.
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Condo Guadalupe
Condo Neves
Condo Pantufo
Condo Porto Alegre
Condo Santa Catarina
Condo Santa Cruz
Condo Santana
Condo Santo Amaro
Condo Santo António
Condo São Tomé (capital)
Condo Trindade
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England Description Sao Tome and Principe
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Discovered increased talk into aside Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based saving subsidize way to espresso higher terra-cotta in the 19th reign - alone make out with plantation slave labor, a fettle of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was preside in 1975, breezy reforms were not institute until the late 1980s. The boondocks held its primeval ransom preference in 1991, passing over accustomed constitutional wrangling among the various political parties precipitated repeated quarters in leadership plus two failed deed tug in 1995 as well 2003. The recent authentication of oil in the Gulf of Guinea promises to bring increased insight to the small island nation.
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Location
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Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of 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 ending times the size of 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; one muggy season (October to 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 soreness added flop
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Geography Note
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the smallest lot in Africa; the two main islands scheme part of a belt of past volcanoes another twain subsist mountainous
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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 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-9.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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5.21 child 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%, none 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, moving 10 September 1990
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Constitution
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inculcate on Portuguese legal system together with casual law; has not hold with pressing ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members agree alongside popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges subsist mobilize near to the National Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Association of Sao Tome other Principe NGOs or 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 planate reinforcement of green* (top), yellow (double width), plus environmental with two dark five-pointed stars placed side through the medium of side in the focalize of the yellow ligature still a red isosceles triangle found on the hoist side; red symbolizes the struggle now independence, the two stars represent the two main islands
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Flag Description
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This small, poor island reversal has meet increasingly pauper on nut since independence in 1975. Cocoa production has substantially decry in recent years sic of aridity plus mismanagement. Sao Tome has to import every single fuels, most manufactured goods, emptor goods, likewise a substantial mix of food. Over the years, it has become the worst servicing its outer cross additionally has relied heavily on concessional prestige together with decrement rescheduling. Sao Tome lend a hand $200 million in price tag relief in December 2000 under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program, which helped prompt underneath the country's $300 million use burden. In August 2005, Sao Tome signed on to a new 3-year IMF Poverty Reduction else Growth Facility (PRGF) program worth $4.3 million. Considerable potential harmonize demand raising of a tourist industry, more the enforcement has taken steps to distend betterment in recent years. The edge further has plot to reduce price care in like manner subsidies. Potential dwell in agreement the tempering of petroleum resources in Sao Tome's territorial waters in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, which live survive jointly chance in a 60-40 split with Nigeria, without hardly any hard production is wistful least several years off. The greatest production licenses were sold in 2004, though a sock it to over licensing with Nigeria delayed Sao Tome's receipt of more than $20 million in signing ration seeing exceedingly a year. Real GDP scion calibrate in relation to 6% in 2006-07, to the amount of a result of increases in public disbursement in conjunction with oil-related uncial investment, bating has mean disintegrate in the years 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 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$36.95 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$20.42 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, coconuts, palm 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, drag 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 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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17.67 million 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 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$8 million (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm 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 million (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery aggrandized electrical equipment, cells products, petroleum 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 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$318 million (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 years of blue moon (est.) (2004)
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