Mé-Zóchi District

Mé-Zóchi
—  District  —
Location within São Tomé and Príncipe
Coordinates: 0°15′N 6°40′E / 0.25°N 6.667°E / 0.25; 6.667Coordinates: 0°15′N 6°40′E / 0.25°N 6.667°E / 0.25; 6.667
Country	São Tomé and Príncipe
Province/Island	São Tomé
Seat	Trindade
Area
– Total	122 km2 (47.1 sq mi)
Population (2001)
– Total	35,105
– Density	287.7/km2 (745.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC (UTC+0)

Mé-Zóchi is a district of São Tomé Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, it is second largest in population with approximately 35,300 and covers approximately 122 square kilometers. The district capital is Trindade (an alternative Portuguese spelling of Trinidade) (pop: 6,636 2005).

District Population History

• 1940 18,422 (30.4% of the national population)
• 1950 18,056 (30.0% of the national population)
• 1960 20,374 (31.7% of the national population)
• 1970 20,550 (27.9% of the national population)
• 1981 24,258 (25.1% of the national population)
• 1991 29,758 (25.3% of the national population)
• 2001 35,105 (25.5% of the national population)

Other

Mé-Zóchi has schools or collegiates (colegio), a lyceum (middle schools), a stadium, churches, beaches, a small port and a few squares (praças). The municipality is the middle-class in GDP and GNP in São Tomé and Príncipe.

	North: Água Grande and Lobata
West: Lembá	Mé-Zóchi	East: Atlantic Ocean
	South: Cantagalo