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The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe consists of a red triangle situated at the hoist, with three horizontal green, yellow and green bands charged with two five-pointed black stars at the centre. Adopted in 1975 to replace the flag of Portugal from the colonial period, it has been the flag of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe since the country gained independence in that same year. The design of the present flag was inspired by and is almost identical to the flag of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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Manuel Pinto da Costa is a Santoméan economist and politician who served as the first President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He again served as President from 2011 to 2016.
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Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz is a football club that plays in the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship. The team is based in the island of São Tomé. The team has won eight national and six island titles and is the third team in history to claim its first title in 1982. The team currently plays in the island premier division. Its logo has a shield and is colored green and features a lion with a soccer ball on the left, the abbreviated name is bubbled on the top and the unabbreviated form is at the bottom. Sporting Portugal are the fathering club of Sporting Praia Cruz and its 82nd affiliate. Other Sporting affiliates are Sporting Príncipe and São Tomé.
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Rei Amador was a member of the king of the Angolars and leader of a famous slave rebellion that took place in 1595 in the African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. According to some historic documents, Rei Emadir was "a slave" who avoided slavery and mobilized all the Angolares along with other Africans and made a free nation under the middle of the mentioned islands.
Albertino Homem dos Santos Sequeira Bragança is a Santomean politician who is member of the Force for Change Democratic Movement – Liberal Party (MDFM-PL), he was Defence Minister from 1991 to 1992 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio and Foreign minister from 1992 to 1994 during the Costa Alegre cabinet.
The following is a timeline of the capital city of São Tomé as well as Água Grande District in the island of São Tomé. São Tomé and Príncipe.
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- ↑ Lopes, Sonia (9 September 2012). "Carlos Neves representa São Tomé e Príncipe junto às Nações Unidas". Téla Nón (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ↑ "Presidente de São Tomé demite quatro embaixadores e um juiz". Observador (in Portuguese). 21 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.