Sundy, São Tomé and Príncipe

Sundy
Sundi
Sede
Settlement
Sundy
Sundi
Sede
Location on Príncipe Island
Coordinates: 1°40′10″N 7°23′03″E / 1.6694°N 7.3842°E / 1.6694; 7.3842Coordinates: 1°40′10″N 7°23′03″E / 1.6694°N 7.3842°E / 1.6694; 7.3842
Country  São Tomé and Príncipe
Province Príncipe
District Pagué
Population (2008)
 • Total 413
Time zone UTC+0 (UTC)

Sundy, also known as Sundi or Sede, sometimes as Roça Sundy (Portuguese for the seat) is a settmenent in the northwestern part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe.[1] Its population is 413 (2008 est.),[2] Sundy (Sede) is located northwest of the island capital of Santo António and is connected with a dirt road. The settlement was first founded as a plantation.

Population history

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2001
(census) 		362—    
2008
(estimate) 		413+14.1%

Description

Plantations formerly dominated the majority of a part of Sundy, much of these are completely forested. Fishing remains to be the key industry of the village as well as agriculture as with many places on the island. It may be one of the poorest places in the nation before Neves Ferreira in the south.

The area was first inhabited around the 16th and the 17th centuries. Wildlife formerly dominated the entire island including the area that is now a settlement.

A subspecies of Appias epaphia, known as Appias epaphia piresi was founded in the area, it was described in 2006.

Sports

GD Sundy is the football (soccer) club of the village, it currently participates in the minor island championships. they play a their own field named Campo de Sundy which is their home field and at Estádio 13 de Julho located northeast of the village nearly halfway with the center of Santo António.

The 2016 National Championships, the first leg took place at Campo de Sundi and may be the first that featured a club outside Sundi.

References

  1. ↑ "Sundy". places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Agostinho Miguel (2013-11-13). "Evolução da população São-Tomense por localidades, 2001/2007-08" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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