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Santo Antonio

Middle Africa

Santo Antonio, also known as Santo Antonio do Principe, is the main settlement of the island of Principe in Sao Tome and Principe and the capital of the Autonomous Region of Principe. Its population of 2,620 recorded in 2012 made up about 35 percent of the island's population, and the town is known for its colonial architecture, including the Church of Our Lady of the Conception and the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, as well as for the traditional Auto das Floripes play performed by its citizens.

Facts
Population
1156 1
Founding Year
1471 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Santo António
GeoNames geonameid 2410805 (Santo António), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Wikidata: Santo Antonio
  • Wikidata Q973656, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q973656 P571 inception
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.75, 7.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.75, 7.25
1.75 7.25 Af
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4. GeoNames: Santo António - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2410805, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2410805, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
1.63943 7.41951 P PPLA ST 01 1156 8 Africa/Sao_Tome
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Santo Antonio (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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