San Antonio de Palé
San Antonio de Palé | |
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Annobón | |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2015 Census) | |
| • Total | 5,314 |
San Antonio de Palé, formerly known as St Antony, São Antonio de Praia[1] and Palea, is the capital of Annobón (an island in Equatorial Guinea that was once part of the Spanish Empire in Africa).
The town has 600 inhabitants, the majority of whom speak the
Catholic
mission.
History
Founded by Portuguese explorers, the town served as a center of
Carmelite missionaries first made the town their base in 1580. It passed under Spanish sovereignty in 1778, along with the rest of Annobón,[1] but the population rebelled and removed Spanish authority until the final decades of the 19th century.[2][1] In 1801, the British constructed a small fort there, and later on, in 1827, Spain rented out the area around San Antonio as a British base to repress the slave trade.[citation needed] The town remained a small village with only a rudimentary church through the 19th century.[2]
Notes
References
- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 72.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 74.
1°24′25″S 5°37′56″E / 1.40694°S 5.63222°E
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