Porto Alegre, São Tomé and Príncipe
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Porto Alegre (Portuguese for "Happy Port") is a village in Caué District on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 795 (2012 census).[https://www.ine.st/phocadownload/userupload/Documentos/DADOS%20LOCALIDADE%20PROJE%C3%87%C3%95ES/Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20dos%20Resultados%20sobre%20Localidades%20-%20IV%20RGPH%202012.pdf 2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327092842/https://www.ine.st/phocadownload/userupload/Documentos/DADOS%20LOCALIDADE%20PROJE%C3%87%C3%95ES/Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20dos%20Resultados%20sobre%20Localidades%20-%20IV%20RGPH%202012.pdf |date=2019-03-27 }}, Instituto Nacional de Estatística Porto Alegre lies 2.5 km northeast of the southernmost point of São Tomé Island, Ponta Homem da Capa. It is 1.5 km west of Ponta Baleia, 17 km southwest of São João dos Angolares and 40 km southwest of the capital São Tomé.
Across the Canal das Rolas lies the Ilhéu das Rolas.
On the east side of Ponta Homem da Capa is the beach Praia Inhame. The plantation complex Roça de Porto Alegre was established around 1890 by Jacinto Carneiro de Sousa e Almeida. The oldest preserved building dates from 1918.[http://www.asrocasdesaotome.com/rocas/porto-alegre/ Roça de Porto Alegre] - As Roças de São Tomé
Population history
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| 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.st/Documentacao/InformacoesEstatisticas/Demograficas/23.pdf|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estatística|title=Evolução da população São-Tomense por localidades, 2001/2007-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209153807/http://www.ine.st/Documentacao/InformacoesEstatisticas/Demograficas/23.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-09|url-status=dead}} | 461
| 2012 | 795
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File:Information wall on the history of Roca Porto Alegre, Sao Tome and Principe.jpg
Climate
Porto Alegre has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with heavy to very heavy rainfall in all months except June, July and August.
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|location = Porto Alegre
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|Jan high C = 29.1
|Feb high C = 29.5
|Mar high C = 29.8
|Apr high C = 29.6
|May high C = 29.0
|Jun high C = 27.6
|Jul high C = 26.9
|Aug high C = 27.2
|Sep high C = 28.4
|Oct high C = 28.4
|Nov high C = 28.7
|Dec high C = 28.5
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|Jan mean C = 25.7
|Feb mean C = 26.1
|Mar mean C = 26.1
|Apr mean C = 26.2
|May mean C = 25.7
|Jun mean C = 24.4
|Jul mean C = 23.5
|Aug mean C = 23.8
|Sep mean C = 24.8
|Oct mean C = 25.0
|Nov mean C = 25.3
|Dec mean C = 25.3
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|Jan low C = 22.3
|Feb low C = 22.7
|Mar low C = 22.5
|Apr low C = 22.8
|May low C = 22.5
|Jun low C = 21.3
|Jul low C = 20.1
|Aug low C = 20.5
|Sep low C = 21.2
|Oct low C = 21.7
|Nov low C = 21.9
|Dec low C = 22.2
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|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 292
|Feb rain mm = 249
|Mar rain mm = 347
|Apr rain mm = 390
|May rain mm = 344
|Jun rain mm = 77
|Jul rain mm = 12
|Aug rain mm = 64
|Sep rain mm = 209
|Oct rain mm = 493
|Nov rain mm = 431
|Dec rain mm = 330
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|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/780299/
|title = Climate: Porto Alegre
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|access-date = September 22, 2020}}
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References
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