Água Grande is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Its capital, São Tomé, is also the national capital of the equatorial Atlantic island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only , it is the smallest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area,Sao Tome and Principe, citypopulation.de but the largest in population with 69,454 residents in 2012 rising to an estimated 77,700 in 2018.Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020, Instituto Nacional de Estatística It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts São Tomé and Pantufo.Statistical divisions of São Tomé and Príncipe, Instituto Nacional de Estatística
Population
Settlements The main settlement is the town São Tomé. Other settlements are:
Água Porca Almeirim Boa Morte Chacara Correia Madre Deus Oque del Rei Pantufo Ponta Mina Quinta Santo António Riboque São João da Vargem São Marçal
Politics Água Grande currently has 13 seats in the National Assembly.Elections in São Tomé and Principe, African Elections Database.
Persons Marcos Barbeiro, footballer Guadalupe de Ceita, medic and a politician Manuel Pinto da Costa, politician, President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2011 to 2016 Adimar Neves, footballer currently living in Europe Lecabela Quaresma, athlete
International relations
Água Grande District is twinned with:
Lisbon, Portugal
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