- Caué District
"Caue" redirects here. For the 2007 Pan American Games mascot, see
Cauê ."Caué is a district of São Tomé Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the
equatorial Atlanticisland s ofSão Tomé and Príncipe , it is one of the smallest in terms of population with approximately 5,900 residents, but is the largest in area covering approximately 267 square kilometers. The districtcapital isSão João dos Angolares . Half of the population live in the community of Santa Cruz. Much of the municipality are forested and are unaccessible to automobiles. Much of the municipality are rainforests, farmlands are within the valley areas. The municipality includes the small islet of Rólas which lies directly on theequator .District Population History
*1940 6,675 (11.0% of the national population)
*1950 6,942 (11.6% of the national population)
*1960 5,874 (9.1% of the national population)
*1970 3,757 (5.1% of the national population)
*1981 4,607 (4.8% of the national population)
*1991 5,322 (4.5% of the national population)
*2001 5,501 (4.0% of the national population)ettlements
*Dona Augusta
*Mbombo
*Nzumbi
*Porto Alegre (pop: 334)
*Santa Cruz (pop: 2,045)
*São João dos AngolaresTransportation
The district are linked with the road encircling the island and links with the towns of Neves and Santana, much of its roads are very narrow and are non-asphalt or unpaved and are also rarely accessible and doesn't have many roads through the mountains.
Other
Caué has schools or collegiates ("colegio"), a lyceum (middle schools), churches, beaches, a small port and a few squares ("
praça s"). The municipality is largely undeveloped.External links
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=6.6&longitude=0.086677&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=6.6&lons1=0.08667&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=0.08667,6.6 Google]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|0|5|0|N|6|36|0|E|type:city(5900)_region:ST
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