Batepá
Batepá is a village on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 775 (2012 census). It lies 2 km west of Trindade and 2 km east of Monte Café. It was the starting point of the Batepá massacre, a brutally crushed rebellion in February 1953, in which hundreds of local inhabitants were killed. It marked the rise of the independence movement in Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, and is commemorated annually as a national holiday (Dia de Mártires da Liberdade) on February 3.
Population history
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 113 | — |
| 2008 | 129 | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 775 | +500.8% |
References
- ^ 2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Francisco, Alberto da Boa Morte (2011). Exorcising Devils from the Throne: Sao Tome and Principe. New York, NY: Algora Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-87586-846-2.
- ^ São-Tomé e Príncipe recorda mais um 3 Fevereiro, o 65º aniversário do Massacre de 1953
- ^ "Evolução da população São-Tomense por localidades, 2001/2007-08" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-09.
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