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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, island in the Atlantic Ocean, straddling the equator,west of Gabon
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 209 km
PeoplePopulation: 140,423 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.62% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 34.94 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.7 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 62.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.44 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mestico, angolares (descendents of Angolan slaves), forros (descendentsof freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese) Religions: Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist Languages: Portuguese (official)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Sao Tome Independence: 12 July 1975 (from Portugal) Constitution: approved March 1990; effective 10 September 1990
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $133 million National product real growth rate: National product per capita: $1,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 27% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |