São Joaquim, São Tomé and Príncipe

São Joaquim
Settlement
São Joaquim
Location on Príncipe Island
Coordinates: 1°37′15″N 7°22′37″E / 1.6207°N 7.377°E / 1.6207; 7.377Coordinates: 1°37′15″N 7°22′37″E / 1.6207°N 7.377°E / 1.6207; 7.377
Country  São Tomé and Príncipe
Province Príncipe
District Pagué
Population (2008)
 • Total 125
Time zone UTC+0 (UTC)

São Joaquim is a village in the western part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. ts population is 125 (2008 est.),[1] São Joaquim is located WSW of the island capital of Santo António and west of Porto Real and is connected with a dirt road linking via the bay. It also has a church of São Joaquim.

Population history

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2001
(census) 		110—    
2008
(estimate) 		125+13.6%

About the village

Agriculture and fishing are the main industries of the village.

Nature

A wall gecko species Hemidactylus principensis was first spotted in a nearby beach[2] it was once a subspecies of Hemidactylus greeffii (Greeff's wall gecko).

Other fauna including other butterflies and insects as well as birds, frogs and other small reptiles are founded in the area.

References

  1. ↑ Agostinho Miguel (2013-11-13). "Evolução da população São-Tomense por localidades, 2001/2007-08" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  2. ↑ Miller, Elizabeth C.; Anna B. Sellas & Robert C. Drewes 2012. A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa with comments on the African-Atlantic clade of Hemidactylus geckos. African Journal of Herpetology 61 (1): 40–57
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