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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-13  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">S├âO TOM├ë E PR├ìNCIPE</span><span class="style13"></span><span class="style42">Official name:</span><span class="style13"> A Rep├║blica de S├úo Tom├⌐ e Pr├¡ncipe (Republic of S├úo Tom├⌐ and Pr├¡ncipe)Member of: </span><span class="style42">UN, OAUArea: </span><span class="style13">964 km2 (372 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">125000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">S├úo Tom├⌐ 43000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">Portuguese (official); Fang (90%)</span><span class="style42">Religion: </span><span class="style13">Roman Catholic (50%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The 55-member National Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for four years. The President ΓÇô who appoints a Prime Minister and Council of Ministers ΓÇô is also directly elected for five years.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">The republic consists of two mountainous islands about 144 km (90 mi) apart. S├úo Tom├⌐ rises to 2024 m (6640 ft). </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">The climate is tropical. A wet season ΓÇô with heavy rainfall ΓÇô lasts from October to May.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">Cocoa is the mainstay of a largely agricultural economy. Most of the land is nationalized. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">Dobra.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">The islands were first settled as a convict colony by the Portuguese in the late 15th century, and became slave-trading centers. Early in the 20th century, the islandsΓÇÖ plantations were notorious for forced labor. Independence was gained in 1975 as a one-party socialist state. The Marxist system was abandoned in 1990, and multi-party elections were held in 1991.</span></text>
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