Cantagalo is a district of São Tomé Province

Provinces of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is divided into 2 provinces:São Tomé – The province is made up of the equatorial Atlantic island of São Tomé and is home to an overwhelming majority of the nations citizens with an estimated population in 2004 of 133,600 out of the total 139,000.Príncipe – This province covers...

. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic island

Island

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s of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

. It is fourth largest in terms of population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 in 2004 and covers approximately 119 square kilometers. The district capital is Santana

Santana, São Tomé and Príncipe

-Persons:*Alda Bandeira, a São Tomean politicianSantana has schools or collegiates , a lyceum , a small gymnasia , a few churches, a beach, a small port and a few squares ....

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District Population History

• 1940 7,854 (12.9% of the national population)
• 1950 8,568 (14.2% of the national population)
• 1960 9,758 (15.2% of the national population)
• 1970 9,697 (13.1% of the national population)
• 1981 10,435 (10.8% of the national population)
• 1991 11,433 (9.7% of the national population)
• 2001 13,258 (9.6% of the national population)

Other

Cantagalo has schools or collegiates (colegio), a lyceum (middle schools), a stadium, churches, beaches, a small port and a few squares (praças). The municipality is the middle-class in GDP and GNP in São Tomé and Príncipe.

	North: Mé-Zóchi
West: Mé-Zóchi and Caué	Cantagalo	East: Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
	South: Caué