Terreiro Velho
Terreiro Velho is a village in the southeastern part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 152 (2012 census). Terreiro Velho lies 3 km south of the island capital of Santo António and 1 km southwest of Nova Estrela. In the mid-1990s, Italian businessman Claudio Corallo bought an abandoned 120 hectares cocoa plantation in Terreiro Velho, and restored it to produce high quality chocolate.
Population history
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
2001 | 69 | — |
2008 | 79 | +14.5% |
2012 | 152 | +92.4% |
References
- ^ 2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe, Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ^ Paolini, Davide (21 March 2016). "Il cioccolato di Corallo" [The Chocolate from Corallo] (in Italian). Gastronauta. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Evolução da população São-Tomense por localidades, 2001/2007-08" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-09.