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...

, with a total population of about 181,000, has about 5,500 Muslim

Muslim

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 inhabitants, about 3 percent of the population. The majority (an estimated 80 percent) are Roman Catholics

Roman Catholic Church

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; São Tomé and Príncipe were for many years a colony of Portugal

Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire , also known as the Portuguese Overseas Empire or the Portuguese Colonial Empire , was the first global empire in history...

, which is overwhelmingly Catholic.

There are also no known mosque

Mosque

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s, madrasah

Madrasah

Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...

s or other Muslim organizations operating in the country.