What is Príncipe?
Q: What is Príncipe?
A: Príncipe is a northern and smaller island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Q: Where is Príncipe located?
A: Príncipe is in the sea to the west of Africa.
Q: What is the size of Príncipe?
A: Príncipe has an area of 136 square kilometres (53 sq mi).
Q: How many people live in Príncipe?
A: Close to 5,000 people live in Príncipe.
Q: What is the highest point in Príncipe?
A: The highest point in Príncipe is Pico de Príncipe, which rises in the south to 948 metres (3,110 ft).
Q: What was the main crop produced by the plantations in Príncipe?
A: The plantations in Príncipe concentrated on producing sugar initially and later on cocoa, becoming the world's greatest cocoa producer.
Q: What was the significance of Príncipe in the scientific world?
A: Príncipe was the site where Einstein's Theory of Relativity was experimentally proved successful by Arthur Stanley Eddington and his team during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919.
