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. The district capital is Neves.

District Population History
*1940 6,885 (11.4% of the national population)
*1950 6,196 (10.3% of the national population)
*1960 6,196 (9.7% of the national population)
*1970 6,206 (8.4% of the national population)
*1981 7,905 (8.2% of the national population)
*1991 9,016 (7.7% of the national population)
*2001 10,696 (7.8% of the national population)

ettlements

*Neves
*Santa Catarina

Other

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

External links

*Map and aerial photos:
**Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=6.5&longitude=0.35&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=6.5&lons1=0.35&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=0.35,6.5 Google]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|0|21|0|N|6|30|0|E|type:city(10696)_region:ST