Mé-Zóchi District
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Mé-Zóchi is a district 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
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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 second largest in population with approximately 35,300 and covers approximately 122 square kilometers. The district capital is Trindade
Trindade
-Transportation:Trindade are linked with São Tomé and Príncipe's only highways linking to the capital city of São Tomé, another linking Neves and Santana and another linking to Guadalupe as well....

 (an alternative Portuguese spelling of Trinidade) (pop: 6,636 2005).

District Population History
  • 1940 18,422 (30.4% of the national population)
  • 1950 18,056 (30.0% of the national population)
  • 1960 20,374 (31.7% of the national population)
  • 1970 20,550 (27.9% of the national population)
  • 1981 24,258 (25.1% of the national population)
  • 1991 29,758 (25.3% of the national population)
  • 2001 35,105 (25.5% of the national population)

Other

Mé-Zóchi 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: Água Grande
Água Grande District
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 island nation of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe...

 and Lobata
Lobata District
Lobata is a district of São Tomé Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, it is third largest in terms of population with approximately 16,500 residents and covers approximately 105 square kilometers. The district capital is...

West: Lembá
Lembá District
Lembá is a district of São Tomé Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic island group of São Tomé and Príncipe, its population is relatively small at approximately 9,800, but it is second largest in terms of area covering approximately 229 square kilometers...

Mé-Zóchi East: Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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South: Cantagalo
Cantagalo District
Cantagalo is a district of São Tomé Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is fourth largest in terms of population in 2004 and covers approximately 119 square kilometers...

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