| GENERAL
STATISTICS
Population:
154,878 (January
2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
mestico, angolares
(descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves),
servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde),
tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily
Portuguese)
Religions:
Roman Catholic,
Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist
Languages:
Portuguese
(official) |