The Autonomous Region of Príncipe () is an autonomous administrative division of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Established on 29 April 1995, it covers the island of Príncipe and a number of small uninhabited islands around it, with an area of in total.Cooperação Descentralizada Príncipe – Portugal: Eficiência da Existência de Redes de Cooperação (2010), Ana Maria Luciano Barreira, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, p. 42-43 As defined by the constitution of São Tomé and Príncipe, the Autonomous Region of Príncipe has a Regional Assembly and a Regional Government.Constituição, Artigo 137.º, Assembleia Nacional de S. Tomé e Príncipe Its population was 7,324 at the 2012 census;Projecção a nível distrital 2012 – 2020, Instituto Nacional de Estatística the latest official estimate was 8,420.Instituto Nacional de Estadística de São Tomé e Príncipe, as at 13 May 2018. It is coextensive with and consists of a single district: Pagué. Its seat is the town Santo António.
Islands The main island of the autonomous region is Príncipe. Smaller offshore islets are: Ilhéu Bom Bom Ilhéu Caroço Tinhosa Grande Tinhosa Pequena
History
In 1995, a few years after the country's democratic transition, Príncipe became an autonomous region. The island's first regional government was elected in the same year. The central government's failure to hold any local election in the years thereafter caused another popular protest in June 2006 that forced Príncipe's regional government to step down.
Population
Settlements
The main settlement is the town of Santo António. Other settlements are:
Aeroporto Belo Monte Bom Viver Hospital Velho Ilhéu Bom Bom Nova Estrela Picão Portinho Porto Real Praia Inhame Santa Rita São Joaquim Sundy (or Sundi) Terreiro Velho
Notable persons Damião Vaz d'Almeida, a former president of the regional government of Príncipe from 1995 to 2002, and subsequently a prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2004 to 2005.
See also List of presidents of the Regional Government of Príncipe
References
External links
Principe portal Histórias da Ilha do Príncipe