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São Tomé and Príncipe
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
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; currently under multiparty mixed presidential-parliamentary system.
Area: 387 sq. mi. (1,001 sq. km).
Population: 194,000 (2016E—UN); 197,541 (2016E—U.S. Census).
Major Urban Center (2014E—UN): SÃO TOMÉ (71,000).
Official Language: Portuguese.
Monetary Unit: Dobra (market rate October 1, 2016: 21,795.50 dobras = $1US).
President: Evaristo CARVALHO (Independent Democratic Action); directly elected in runoff balloting on August 7, 2016, and sworn in for a five-year term on September 3, succeeding Manuel PINTO DA COSTA (ind.), who boycotted the August 7 balloting. (See Government and Politics, below.)
Prime Minister: Patrice Emery TROVOADA (Independent Democratic Action); appointed by the ...