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25INTRODU%u00c7%u00c3O | INTRODUCTIONThe orographic features of the land and the country%u2019s location next to the equatorial line provide impressive and strikingly beautiful scenery with lush vegetation distributed by valleys, some of them very rough, crossed by numerous rivers and streams. Pico of S%u00e3o Tom%u00e9 (S%u00e3o Tom%u00e9 Peak) is the highest point of the archipelago, with 2014 meters height.S%u00e3o Tome and Principe is the second smallest African nation in the region, after the Seychelles.POPULA%u00c7%u00c3OS%u00e3o Tom%u00e9 e Pr%u00edncipe tem uma popula%u00e7%u00e3o de 197.700 habitantes (156,84 habitantes por quil%u00f3metro quadrado), de acordo com o censo de 2017.A popula%u00e7%u00e3o de S. Tom%u00e9 e Pr%u00edncipe resulta de uma mescla de descendentes de escravos, de trabalhadores contratados em outras regi%u00f5es de %u00c1frica e de colonos europeus, sobretudo portugueses. Estes grupos deram origem a uma popula%u00e7%u00e3o com enorme riqueza e diversidade cultural.Cerca de metade da popula%u00e7%u00e3o do arquip%u00e9lago vive na cidade de S%u00e3o Tom%u00e9.POPULATIONThe population of S%u00e3o Tome and Principe is of 197.700 inhabitants (156.84 inhabitants per square kilometer), according to the 2017 census.The population of Sao Tome and Principe is the result of a mixture of descendants of slaves, workers hired in other parts of Africa and European settlers, mainly Portuguese. These groups gave rise to a population with remarkable cultural richness and diversity.About half of the archipelago%u2019s population lives in the city of Sao Tome.