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Príncipe

Sao Tome and Principe / Pague / Santo Antynio /
Príncipe is the smaller of the two major islands of São Tomé and Príncipe off of Africa's west coast. It has an area of 136 km² and a population of around 5,000 people. It rises in the south to 948 metres at Pico de Príncipe, in a thickly forested area forming part of the Obo National Park. The north and centre of the island were formerly plantations but are now also largely forest. The administration includes only one district named Pagué. The languages other than Portuguese includes Principense or Lunguyê with a few Forro speakers.

The island is a heavily eroded volcano over three million years old, surrounded by other smaller islands including Ilheu Bom Bom, Ilhéu Caroço, Tinhosa Grande and Tinhosa Pequena.

This island has the pride of being the site where Einstein's Theory of Relativity was experimentally proved successful by Eddington and his team during an eclipse in 1919.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Príncipe
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Coordinates:   1°36'35"N   7°23'45"E

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