Lobata District
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Lobata is a district
Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe
||São Tomé and Príncipe's two provinces are divided into seven administrative districts. Six are located on the main island of São Tomé while one covers the smaller island of Príncipe...

 of São Tomé Province
Provinces of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe is divided into 2 provinces:São Tomé – The province is made up of the equatorial Atlantic island of São Tomé and is home to an overwhelming majority of the nations citizens with an estimated population in 2004 of 133,600 out of the total 139,000.Príncipe – This province covers...

. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

s of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

, it is third largest in terms of population with approximately 16,500 residents and covers approximately 105 square kilometers. The district capital is Guadalupe
Guadalupe, São Tomé and Príncipe
-Education:Santana has a school or a collegiate and a lyceum , a gymnasia is in the capital, a few churches, a beach, a small port and a few squares ....

. The municipality includes an islet called the Ilhéu das Cabras
Ilhéu das Cabras
Ilhéu das Cabras is an island in the Gulf of Guinea and is one of the smaller islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. The islet is located just north of the coast of the island of São Tomé north of the city of and east of the island's northernmost point and north of the Água Grande and Lobata district...

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District Population History
  • 1940 9,240 (15.2% of the national population)
  • 1950 8,190 (13.6% of the national population)
  • 1960 7,875 (12.3% of the national population)
  • 1970 9,361 (12.7% of the national population)
  • 1981 11,776 (12.2% of the national population)
  • 1991 14,173 (12.1% of the national population)
  • 2001 15,187 (11.0% of the national population)

Other

Lobata has schools or collegiates (colegio), a lyceum (middle schools), a stadium, churches, beaches, a small port and a few squares (praças). The municipality is the middle-class in GDP and GNP in São Tomé and Príncipe.




North: Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

West: Lembá
Lemba
The Lemba or 'wa-Remba' are a southern African ethnic group to be found in Zimbabwe and South Africa with some little known branches in Mozambique and Malawi. According to Parfitt they are thought to number 70,000...

Lobata East: Água Grande
South: Mé-Zóchi
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