Santana
Santana (Portuguese for Saint Anne) is a town on the eastern coast of São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the seat of Cantagalo District. The population of Santana with the adjacent settlements Cidade Alta, Cova Água, Gomes, Nova Olinda, Picão Flor, Praia Messias Alves, Riboque Santana and Zandrigo is 10,290 (2012).
Santana
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- Santana Santana (Portuguese for Saint Anne) is a town on the eastern coast of São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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Santana (Portuguese for Saint Anne) is a town on the eastern coast of São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the seat of Cantagalo District. The population of Santana with the adjacent settlements Cidade Alta, Cova Água, Gomes, Nova Olinda, Picão Flor, Praia Messias Alves, Riboque Santana and Zandrigo is 10,290 (2012).
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Santana lies 9 km south of the capital São Tomé and 17 km northeast of São João dos Angolares. The islet Ilhéu de Santana lies about 1 km off-shore, 2.5 km southeast of Santana.
• Settlement Type — Town • Image Skyline — São Tomé - Ilhéu Santana.jpg • Image Caption — Ilhéu Santana in 2008 • Pushpin Map — Sao Tome • Pushpin Label Position — bottom • Pushpin Map Caption — Location on São Tomé Island • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — São Tomé and Príncipe • Subdivision Type1 — Island • Subdivision Name1 — São Tomé • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Cantagalo District • Population As Of — 2012 • Population Total — 10,290 • Timezone1 — WAT • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Name — Santana Santana (Portuguese for Saint Anne) is a town on the eastern coast of São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the seat of Cantagalo District. The population of Santana with the adjacent settlements Cidade Alta, Cova Água, Gomes, Nova Olinda, Picão Flor, Praia Messias Alves, Riboque Santana and Zandrigo is 10,290 (2012). Santana lies 9 km south of the capital São Tomé and 17 km northeast of São João dos Angolares. The islet Ilhéu de Santana lies about 1 km off-shore, 2.5 km southeast of Santana.
Sister cities
Sister cities
• Cascais, Portugal
Notable people
Notable people
• Alda Bandeira, politician • Conceição Lima, poet
Sports
Sports
• 6 de Setembro - football (soccer) club • Santana FC
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2- Conceição LimaAuthor
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- Oskar KaufmannDesigner
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