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{
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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "Discovered and claimed by Portugal in the late 15th century, the islands' sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with African plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was achieved in 1975, democratic reforms were not instituted until the late 1980s. The country held its first free elections in 1991, but frequent internal wrangling between the various political parties precipitated repeated changes in leadership and two failed coup attempts in 1995 and 2003. In 2012, three opposition parties combined in a no confidence vote to bring down the majority government of former Prime Minister Patrice TROVOADA. The new government of Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira DA COSTA is entirely composed of opposition party members with limited experience in governance. New oil discoveries in the Gulf of Guinea may attract increased attention to the small island nation."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Location": {
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"text": "Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the Equator, west of Gabon"
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},
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"Geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "1 00 N, 7 00 E"
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},
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"Map references": {
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"text": "Africa"
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},
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"Area": {
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"total": {
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"text": "964 sq km"
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},
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"land": {
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"text": "964 sq km"
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},
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"water": {
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"text": "0 sq km"
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}
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},
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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "more than five times the size of Washington, DC"
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},
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"Land boundaries": {
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"text": "0 km"
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},
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"Coastline": {
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"text": "209 km"
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},
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"Maritime claims": {
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"text": "measured from claimed archipelagic baselines",
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"territorial sea": {
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"text": "12 nm"
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},
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"exclusive economic zone": {
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"text": "200 nm"
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}
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},
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"Climate": {
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"text": "tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)"
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},
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "volcanic, mountainous"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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"text": "fish, hydropower"
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},
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"Land use": {
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"agricultural land": {
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"text": "50.7% ++ arable land 9.1%; permanent crops 40.6%; permanent pasture 1%"
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},
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"forest": {
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"text": "28.1%"
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},
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"other": {
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"text": "21.2% (2011 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "97 sq km (2003)"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Environment - current issues": {
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"text": "deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion"
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},
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"Environment - international agreements": {
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"party to": {
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"text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands"
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},
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"signed, but not ratified": {
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"text": "none of the selected agreements"
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}
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},
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"Geography - note": {
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"text": "the smallest country in Africa; the two main islands form part of a chain of extinct volcanoes and both are mountainous"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Sao Tomean(s)"
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},
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"adjective": {
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"text": "Sao Tomean"
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}
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},
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"Ethnic groups": {
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"text": "mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cabo Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese), Asians (mostly Chinese)"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"text": "Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4%",
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"note": {
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"text": "shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Catholic 55.7%, Adventist 4.1%, Assembly of God 3.4%, New Apostolic 2.9%, Mana 2.3%, Universal Kingdom of God 2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.2%, none 21.2%, unspecified 1% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "194,006 (July 2015 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "43.04% (male 42,460/female 41,036)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "20.03% (male 19,692/female 19,159)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "30.47% (male 28,985/female 30,125)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "3.59% (male 3,173/female 3,787)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "2.88% (male 2,508/female 3,081) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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"total dependency ratio": {
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"text": "84.2%"
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},
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"youth dependency ratio": {
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"text": "78.5%"
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},
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"elderly dependency ratio": {
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"text": "5.7%"
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},
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"potential support ratio": {
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"text": "17.6% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "17.9 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "17.5 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "18.4 years (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "1.84% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "34.23 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "7.24 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-8.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "65.1% of total population (2015)"
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},
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"rate of urbanization": {
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"text": "3.58% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Major urban areas - population": {
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"text": "SAO TOME (capital) 71,000 (2014)"
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},
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"Sex ratio": {
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"at birth": {
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"text": "1.03 male(s)/female"
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},
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "1.03 male(s)/female"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "0.96 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "0.84 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.81 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "1 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "47.88 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "49.85 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "45.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "64.58 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "63.27 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "65.92 years (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "4.54 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "38.4% (2008/09)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "6.9% of GDP (2013)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "2.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
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},
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 98.9% of population ++ rural: 93.6% of population ++ total: 97.1% of population"
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},
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"unimproved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 1.1% of population ++ rural: 6.4% of population ++ total: 2.9% of population (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 40.8% of population ++ rural: 23.3% of population ++ total: 34.7% of population"
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},
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"unimproved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 59.2% of population ++ rural: 76.7% of population ++ total: 65.3% of population (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "0.78% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
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"text": "1,000 (2014 est.)"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
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"text": "100 (2014 est.)"
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},
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"Major infectious diseases": {
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"degree of risk": {
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"text": "high"
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},
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"food or waterborne diseases": {
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"text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever"
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},
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"vectorborne diseases": {
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"text": "malaria and dengue fever"
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},
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"water contact disease": {
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"text": "schistosomiasis (2013)"
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}
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},
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"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "10.6% (2014)"
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},
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"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
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"text": "14.4% (2009)"
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},
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "9.5% of GDP (2010)"
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},
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"Literacy": {
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"definition": {
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "74.9%"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "81.8%"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "68.4% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "11 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "11 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "11 years (2012)"
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}
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},
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"Child labor - children ages 5-14": {
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"total number": {
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"text": "3,235"
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},
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"percentage": {
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"text": "8% (2006 est.)"
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}
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}
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},
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"Government": {
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"Country name": {
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"conventional long form": {
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"text": "Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe"
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},
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"conventional short form": {
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"text": "Sao Tome and Principe"
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},
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"local long form": {
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"text": "Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe"
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},
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"local short form": {
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"text": "Sao Tome e Principe"
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}
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "republic"
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},
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"text": "Sao Tome"
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},
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"geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "0 20 N, 6 44 E"
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},
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"time difference": {
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"text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
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}
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},
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome"
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},
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"Independence": {
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"text": "12 July 1975 (from Portugal)"
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},
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"National holiday": {
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"text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1975)"
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},
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "approved 5 November 1975; revised several times, last in 2003 (2012)"
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},
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"Legal system": {
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"text": "mixed legal system of civil law base on the Portuguese model and customary law"
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},
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"International law organization participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
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},
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Manuel Pinto DA COSTA (since 3 September 2011)"
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},
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Patrice Emery TROVOADA (since 25 November 2014)"
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},
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers proposed by the prime minister, appointed by the president"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 17 July and 7 August 2011 (next to be held in 2016); prime minister chosen by the National Assembly and approved by the president"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "Manuel Pinto DA COSTA elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Manuel Pinto DA COSTA (independent) 52.9%, Evaristo CARVALHO (ADI) 47.1%"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 12 October 2014 (next expected in December 2018)"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ADI 33, MLSTP-PSD 16, PCD-GR 5, other 1"
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}
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},
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 5 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 5 judges, 3 of which are from the Supreme Court)"
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},
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "Supreme Court judges appointed by the National Assembly; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges nominated by the president of the republic and elected by the National Assembly for 5-year terms"
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},
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"subordinate courts": {
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"text": "Court of First Instance; Audit Court"
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}
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},
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"Political parties and leaders": {
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"text": "Force for Change Democratic Movement or MDFM [Fradigue Bandeira Melo DE MENEZES] ++ Independent Democratic Action or ADI [Patrice TROVOADA] ++ Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD [Aurelio MARTINS] ++ Party for Democratic Convergence-Reflection Group or PCD-GR [Leonel Mario D'ALVA] ++ other small parties"
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},
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"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
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"text": "Association of Sao Tome and Principe NGOs or FONG",
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"other": {
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"text": "the media"
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}
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},
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"International organization participation": {
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"text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CD, CEMAC, CPLP, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
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},
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"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Carlos Filomeno Azevedo Agostinho das NEVES (since 3 December 2013)"
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},
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"chancery": {
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"text": "675 Third Avenue, Suite 1807, New York, NY 10017"
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},
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"telephone": {
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"text": "[1] (212) 651-8116"
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},
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"FAX": {
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"text": "[1] (212) 651-8117"
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}
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},
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Sao Tome and Principe; the Ambassador to Gabon is accredited to Sao Tome and Principe on a nonresident basis and makes periodic visits to the islands"
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},
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"Flag description": {
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"text": "three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; green stands for the country's rich vegetation, red recalls the struggle for independence, and yellow represents cocoa, one of the country's main agricultural products; the two stars symbolize the two main islands",
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"note": {
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"text": "uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia"
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}
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},
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"National symbol(s)": {
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"text": "palm tree; national colors: green, yellow, red, black"
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},
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"National anthem": {
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"name": {
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"text": "\"Independencia total\" (Total Independence)"
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},
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"lyrics/music": {
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"text": "Alda Neves DA GRACA do Espirito Santo/Manuel dos Santos Barreto de Sousa e ALMEIDA"
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},
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"note": {
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"text": "adopted 1975"
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}
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}
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},
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"Economy": {
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"Economy - overview": {
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"text": "This small, poor island economy has become increasingly dependent on cocoa since independence in 1975. Cocoa production has substantially declined in recent years because of drought and mismanagement. Sao Tome and Principe has to import fuels, most manufactured goods, consumer goods, and a substantial amount of food, making it vulnerable to fluctuations in global commodity prices. Over the years, it has had difficulty servicing its external debt and has relied heavily on concessional aid and debt rescheduling. Sao Tome and Principe benefited from $200 million in debt relief in December 2000 under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries program, which helped bring down the country's $300 million debt burden. In August 2005, the government signed on to a new 3-year IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program worth $4.3 million. In April 2011 the country completed a Threshold Country Program with The Millennium Challenge Corporation to help increase tax revenues, reform customs, and improve the business environment. Considerable potential exists for development of a tourist industry, and the government has taken steps to expand facilities in recent years. The government also has attempted to reduce price controls and subsidies. Potential exists for the development of petroleum resources in Sao Tome and Principe's territorial waters in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, which are being jointly developed in a 60-40 split with Nigeria, but any actual production is at least several years off. The first production licenses were sold in 2004, though a dispute over licensing with Nigeria delayed the country's receipt of more than $20 million in signing bonuses for almost a year. Maintaining control of inflation, fiscal discipline, and increasing flows of foreign direct investment into the oil sector are the major economic problems facing the country."
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},
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$624 million (2014 est.) ++ $597.1 million (2013 est.) ++ $574.2 million (2012 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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}
|
|
},
|
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
|
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"text": "$341 million (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"GDP - real growth rate": {
|
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"text": "4.5% (2014 est.) ++ 4% (2013 est.) ++ 4.5% (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
|
|
"text": "$3,200 (2014 est.) ++ $3,000 (2013 est.) ++ $2,900 (2012 est.)",
|
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"note": {
|
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
|
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}
|
|
},
|
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"Gross national saving": {
|
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"text": "5.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 15.1% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 14.3% of GDP (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
|
|
"household consumption": {
|
|
"text": "79.1%"
|
|
},
|
|
"government consumption": {
|
|
"text": "13.9%"
|
|
},
|
|
"investment in fixed capital": {
|
|
"text": "40.7%"
|
|
},
|
|
"investment in inventories": {
|
|
"text": "0%"
|
|
},
|
|
"exports of goods and services": {
|
|
"text": "10.1%"
|
|
},
|
|
"imports of goods and services": {
|
|
"text": "-43.8% ++ (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
|
"agriculture": {
|
|
"text": "18.8%"
|
|
},
|
|
"industry": {
|
|
"text": "16.1%"
|
|
},
|
|
"services": {
|
|
"text": "65.1% (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Agriculture - products": {
|
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"text": "cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish"
|
|
},
|
|
"Industries": {
|
|
"text": "light construction, textiles, soap, beer, fish processing, timber"
|
|
},
|
|
"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
|
"text": "4.2% (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Labor force": {
|
|
"text": "70,200 (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Labor force - by occupation": {
|
|
"note": {
|
|
"text": "population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Unemployment rate": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
|
},
|
|
"Population below poverty line": {
|
|
"text": "66.2% (2009 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
|
|
"lowest 10%": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
|
},
|
|
"highest 10%": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Budget": {
|
|
"revenues": {
|
|
"text": "$98.29 million"
|
|
},
|
|
"expenditures": {
|
|
"text": "$135.2 million (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
|
"text": "27.2% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
|
"text": "-10.2% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Public debt": {
|
|
"text": "77.1% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 84.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Fiscal year": {
|
|
"text": "calendar year"
|
|
},
|
|
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
|
"text": "7% (2014 est.) ++ 8.3% (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
|
"text": "16% (31 December 2009) ++ 28% (31 December 2008)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
|
"text": "25.5% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 25.75% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
|
"text": "$67.45 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $59.57 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of broad money": {
|
|
"text": "$133.1 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $120.8 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
|
"text": "$85.66 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $92.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
|
"text": "$NA"
|
|
},
|
|
"Current account balance": {
|
|
"text": "-$71 million (2014 est.) ++ -$58.7 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports": {
|
|
"text": "$12.6 million (2014 est.) ++ $11.9 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports - commodities": {
|
|
"text": "cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports - partners": {
|
|
"text": "Netherlands 25.6%, Belgium 23.6%, Turkey 17.9%, Spain 8.6%, US 6.1%, Germany 5.3% (2014)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports": {
|
|
"text": "$126.2 million (2014 est.) ++ $118.1 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports - commodities": {
|
|
"text": "machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports - partners": {
|
|
"text": "Portugal 65.4%, Gabon 6.1%, China 5.3% (2014)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
|
"text": "$68.6 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $63.79 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Debt - external": {
|
|
"text": "$416.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $299.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exchange rates": {
|
|
"text": "dobras (STD) per US dollar - ++ 18,347 (2014 est.) ++ 18,450 (2013 est.) ++ 19,068 (2012 est.) ++ 17,623 (2011 est.) ++ 18,499 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Energy": {
|
|
"Electricity - production": {
|
|
"text": "65 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "60.45 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
|
|
"text": "16,000 kW (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
|
|
"text": "75% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
|
|
"text": "25% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "900 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
|
|
"text": "905.6 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
|
|
"text": "137,800 Mt (2012 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Communications": {
|
|
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
|
"total subscriptions": {
|
|
"text": "6,800"
|
|
},
|
|
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
|
"text": "4 (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "128,500"
|
|
},
|
|
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
|
"text": "67 (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Telephone system": {
|
|
"general assessment": {
|
|
"text": "local telephone network of adequate quality with most lines connected to digital switches"
|
|
},
|
|
"domestic": {
|
|
"text": "combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 65 telephones per 100 persons"
|
|
},
|
|
"international": {
|
|
"text": "country code - 239; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2010)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Broadcast media": {
|
|
"text": "1 government-owned TV station; 1 government-owned radio station; 3 independent local radio stations authorized in 2005 with 2 operating at the end of 2006; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
|
"text": "AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
|
"text": "2 (2001)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Internet country code": {
|
|
"text": ".st"
|
|
},
|
|
"Internet users": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "47,000"
|
|
},
|
|
"percent of population": {
|
|
"text": "24.7% (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Transportation": {
|
|
"Airports": {
|
|
"text": "2 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Airports - with paved runways": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "2"
|
|
},
|
|
"1,524 to 2,437 m": {
|
|
"text": "1"
|
|
},
|
|
"914 to 1,523 m": {
|
|
"text": "1 (2013)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Roadways": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "320 km"
|
|
},
|
|
"paved": {
|
|
"text": "218 km"
|
|
},
|
|
"unpaved": {
|
|
"text": "102 km (2000)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Merchant marine": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "3"
|
|
},
|
|
"by type": {
|
|
"text": "bulk carrier 1, cargo 2"
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign-owned": {
|
|
"text": "2 (China 1, Greece 1) (2010)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Ports and terminals": {
|
|
"major seaport(s)": {
|
|
"text": "Sao Tome"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Military": {
|
|
"Military branches": {
|
|
"text": "Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (Forcas Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe, FASTP): Army; Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP; also called \"Navy\"); Presidential Guard (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
|
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
|
"males age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "39,182"
|
|
},
|
|
"females age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "39,845 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
|
"males age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "27,310"
|
|
},
|
|
"females age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "29,279 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
|
"male": {
|
|
"text": "2,076"
|
|
},
|
|
"female": {
|
|
"text": "2,003 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Military - note": {
|
|
"text": "Sao Tome and Principe's army is a tiny force with almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years in tropical climates; poor pay, working conditions, and alleged nepotism in the promotion of officers have been problems in the past, as reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups; these issues are being addressed with foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces (infantry, technical issues) and the Chief of the General Staff (logistics, administration, finances) (2012)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Transnational Issues": {
|
|
"Disputes - international": {
|
|
"text": "none"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
} |