Portal:São Tomé and Príncipe
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Pico de São Tomé is the highest mountain in São Tomé and Príncipe at 2,024 metres. It lies just west of the centre of São Tomé Island in the Obo National Park. The second highest point, Pico Ana Chaves, lies to its south east. The mountain is forested and accessible only on foot.
The entire island of São Tomé is a massive shield volcano which rises from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, over 3,000 m (10,000 ft) below sea level. It formed along the Cameroon line, a linear rift zone extending from Cameroon southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the lava erupted on São Tomé over the last million years has been basalt. The youngest dated rock on the island is about 100,000 years old, but numerous more recent cinder cones are found on the southeast side of the island.
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Fradique Melo de Menezes (born March 21, 1942) has been the President of São Tomé and Príncipe since 2001. São Toméan people just call him Fradique.
Fradique de Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony of São Tomé in 1942, the son of a Portuguese man and a local woman. He attended high school in Portugal, and then studied Education and Psychology at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Menezes is a successful businessman. He was foreign minister of São Tome and Príncipe from 1986 until 1987. He was elected President in July 2001 with about 55.2% of the vote, defeating Manuel Pinto da Costa, who received about 40%.[1] Menezes took office on September 3, 2001.[2] His eligibility as a candidate was questioned, since he also held Portuguese citizenship, but he renounced this and his candidacy was approved.[3] On July 16, 2003, while he was away in Nigeria, there was a military coup d'etat led by Fernando Pereira, but Menezes would be later restored back to power on July 23, 2003, following an agreement.[4]
Menezes was re-elected on July 30, 2006, winning 60.58% of the vote and defeating Patrice Trovoada, son of former president Miguel Trovoada.[1][5]
- ...São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest African country in terms of population (the Seychelles being the smallest).
- ...São Tomé and Príncipe is the smallest country in the world that is not a former British overseas territory, a former United States trusteeship, or one of the European microstates.
- ...São Tomé and Príncipe is also the smallest Portuguese-speaking country in the world.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elections in São Tomé and Príncipe, African Elections Database.
- ↑ "New president sworn-in", IRIN, September 4, 2001.
- ↑ "Fradique de Menezes new president on Sao Tomé", afrol News, August 6, 2001.
- ↑ "Coup leaders hand power back to civilian president", IRIN, July 23, 2003.
- ↑ "Incumbent wins vote", IRIN, August 2, 2006.
