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Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
Political Status: Achieved independence from Portugal on July 12, 1975; constitution of November 5, 1975, revised in December 1982, October 1987, August 1990, and March 2003.
Area: 387 sq. mi. (1, 001 sq. km.).
Population: 137, 599 (2001C); 164, 000 (2010E).
Major Urban Center (2008E): SÃO TOMÉ (62, 500).
Official Language: Portuguese.
Monetary Unit: Dobra (market rate November 1, 2010: 17, 590 dobras = $1US). After an economic cooperation agreement was signed with Portugal in July 2009, the dobra was pegged to the euro as of January 5, 2010, at a rate of 24, 500 dobras = 1 euro.
President: Fradique de MENEZES (Democratic Movement of Forces for Change–Liberal Party [MDFM-PL]); popularly elected (as the candidate of Independent Democratic ...