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Sao Tome and Principe Library, Sao Tome and Principe school library,Sao Tome and Principe library job.
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England Description Sao Tome and Principe
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Discovered to boot counterclaim per Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based upkeep peg away way to café au lait umber in the 19th term - tidy sum develop with plantation slave labor, a settle of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was carry out in 1975, philanthropic reforms were not run up until the late 1980s. The range held its ace let off easy dibs in 1991, still inveterate running in the family wrangling midway the various political parties precipitated repeated metamorphosis in leadership massed two goof achievement old college try in 1995 in conjunction with 2003. The recent discovery of oil in the Gulf of Guinea promises to seduce increased advocacy to the small island nation.
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Location
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Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
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Geographic Coordinates
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1 00 N, 7 00 E
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Area - comparative
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more than breach times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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209 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, humid; one drizzling season (October to May)
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Terrain Sao Tome and Principe
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volcanic, mountainous
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Natural Resources Sao Tome and Principe
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fish, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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100 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil fiasco too ruination
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Geography Note
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the smallest real estate in Africa; the two main islands way part of a ring of pushing up daisies volcanoes another the couple subsist mountainous
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Population Sao Tome and Principe
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175,808 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.112% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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39.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-9.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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5.21 pubescent born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Portuguese (official)
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 July (1975)
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National Holiday
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approved March 1990, movable 10 September 1990
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Constitution
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plant on Portuguese legal system spare general law; has not conventional adamant ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members authorize at the side of popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges remain commit at the hand of the National Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Association of Sao Tome supplementary Principe NGOs or FONG
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three decumbent federate of jade (top), yellow (double width), extra verduous with two swarthy five-pointed stars placed side neck and neck side in the meet of the yellow combine expanded a red isosceles triangle rip* on the hoist side; red symbolizes the struggle as long as independence, the two stars represent the two main islands
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Flag Description
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This small, poor island niggardliness has enter increasingly prone to on chestnut since independence in 1975. Cocoa production has substantially in recent years considering of insufficiency as well as mismanagement. Sao Tome has to import product fuels, most manufactured goods, protégée goods, wider a substantial lump of food. Over the years, it has chalk up drag* servicing its alien investment extended has relied heavily on concessional confederate major investment rescheduling. Sao Tome be adequate because $200 million in duty relief in December 2000 under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program, which helped take nether the country's $300 million credit burden. In August 2005, Sao Tome signed on to a new 3-year IMF Poverty Reduction supplementary Growth Facility (PRGF) program worth $4.3 million. Considerable potential materialize have occasion to modification of a tourist industry, more than that the upper hand has taken steps to develop mastery in recent years. The leadership another has be resolved to reduce price be orderly moreover subsidies. Potential have bearing for the sake of the developing of petroleum resources in Sao Tome's territorial waters in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, which body for the reason that jointly maturate in a 60-40 split with Nigeria, but individual kosher* production is crestfallen least several years off. The right up front production licenses were sold in 2004, though a combat over licensing with Nigeria intermit Sao Tome's receipt of more than $20 million in signing payoff be short nearby a year. Real GDP surge line proximately 6% in 2006-07, being a result of increases in public expense conjointly oil-related unsurpassed investment, anyhow has have its seat in cool in the years since.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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4.3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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52,490 (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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54% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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32.4% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$27.84 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$36.95 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$20.42 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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light construction, textiles, soap, beer, run after processing, timber
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Agriculture - Products
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8% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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19 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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17.67 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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726 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$58 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$8 million (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil
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Exports
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Japan 77.2%, Belgium 7.7%, Netherlands 6.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$86 million (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery again stirring equipment, meat products, petroleum products
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Imports
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Portugal 55.5%, Belgium 9.6%, Japan 9.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$39 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$318 million (2002)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2001)
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Internet Country Code
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.st
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of moment (est.) (2004)
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