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I would like to see the official language (Portuguese) listed in the article and the main industry (Tourism (~60%) and agriculture (sugar cane/coffee)) https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-biggest-industries-in-sao-tome-and-principe.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:6306:A300:B1B8:70BC:15AD:56EF (talk) 12:09, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The "São Tomé" article contains an HTML comment with a rather subjective view. -User:Wikiborg, 2004-06-02 09:10 +0200

I removed the section about Jewish children being shipped and eaten by lizards, etc. It was added in September 2005: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9&oldid=22945477 by http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=66.69.234.52 Other contributions from this IP seem to be vandalism, and so I am treating this addition as such by removingit.

Twilight 21:24, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The lizard part is nonsense, of course, but the Portuguese DID ship several hundred Jewish boys to the island as part of a plan to depopulate the Portuguese Jewish population. My only reference is "Into Africa", Marq de Villiers, ISBN 0 297 81786 8 --211.124.60.168 (talk) 11:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A few other web sources, that will need independent verification: http://www.mindspring.com/~jaypsand/mozambique.htm http://www.kulanu.org/balearic/balearic.html -(404) - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.124.60.168 (talk) 11:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the lizards are a bit over the top, BUT, Charles Mann, in his "1493" ISBN 0 307 26572 2, pg 295, discusses this very topic. While discussing the beginnings of plantation slavery, malaria, yellow fever and the other gifts of Europe to the New World and globally, he states in regard to Sao Tome "... notable among the latter some two thousand Jewish children who had been taken forcibly from their parents. Sugar planters, sugar processors, criminals and children--all died in droves. After six years, only six hundred children remained." His citation is for Gourou, Pierre, "Une Ile Equatoriale : Sâo Tomé de F. Tenreiro" Annales de Geographie 72:360-64. I found a pdf extract but my french is nonexistant. I came here looking for more detail and hope that someone can pursue the topic for inclusion. Gnach (talk) 21:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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São Tomé (population 53,300 in 2003) is the capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe and is by far the nation's largest town.

I GUESS THAT MAKES SENSE. .

What are you failing to understand about that? 70.117.146.245 (talk) 12:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Judging from the number of people in town and in the country, it looks like it is the only town. Rather obvious that it is the largest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.201.89.249 (talk) 09:42, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

City or Country[edit]

This article is supposed to be about the city of São Tomé, but the vast majority of the content is about the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe - history, demographics etc. It should need pretty much complete rewriting to be actually about the city it's meant to be, instead of just a rehash of the country page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EJBH (talk • contribs) 22:28, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've removed all the info about the country. Graham87 12:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Geographic location[edit]

The article misses the most important point about the country's location -- it's off the coast of Africa.

One might guess that from the line about "proximity to the African kingdom." I discovered it by clicking the latitude link.

Why don't we come out and say it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.182.43 (talk) 20:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Map?[edit]

It would be great if someone could add a map to this article; there is no indication of where in the world this island sits! MeegsC (talk) 13:31, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect title[edit]

The title should be spelled correctly in English, not Portuguese, as is the current title. I thought I would mention this glaring oversight here before embarking on changing it. No doubt some editors will have a different opinion. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 07:29, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]