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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: 172,961 (2012E—UN); 183,176 (2012E—U.S. Census).
Major Urban Center (2008E): SÃO TOMÉ (62,500).
Official Language: Portuguese.
Monetary Unit: Dobra (market rate October 3, 2011: 18,175 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: Manuel Pinto da COSTA (independent); elected in runoff balloting on August 7, 2011, and sworn in for a five-year term on September 3, succeeding ...