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).[1] 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.[2]

Terreiro Velho
Settlement
Terreiro Velho
Location on Príncipe Island
Coordinates: 1.6115°N 7.4227°E / 1.6115; 7.4227
CountrySão Tomé and Príncipe
Autonomous RegionPríncipe
Population
 (2012)
 • Total152
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Population history
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2001[3] 69—    
2008[3] 79+14.5%
2012[1] 152+92.4%

References
  1. 2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe, Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. Paolini, Davide (21 March 2016). "Il cioccolato di Corallo" [The Chocolate from Corallo] (in Italian). Gastronauta. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. "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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