Água Grande

Água Grande is a district of São Tomé Province. Its capital, São Tomé, is also the provincial capital of São Tomé, and national capital of the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. Covering only 17 square kilometers, it is the smallest of the nation’s seven districts in terms of area, but the largest in population with an estimated 54,300 residents in 2004.

District Population History

• 1940 8,431 (13.9% of the national population)
• 1950 7,821 (13.0% of the national population)
• 1960 9,586 (14.9% of the national population)
• 1970 19,636 (26.6% of the national population)
• 1981 32,375 (33.5% of the national population)
• 1991 42,331 (36.0% of the national population)
• 2001 51,886 (37.7% of the national population)