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Ponta Mina

place in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 9, 2020
Entity authorityQ48805248 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ponta Mina is a subdivision of the city São Tomé in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 984 (2012 census). It lies directly east of the city center of São Tomé.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ponta Mina” as place in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ponta, Mina and place.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ponta, Mina and place providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ponta Mina”, the useful work is to connect “place in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 9, 2020. The linked authority identifier is Q48805248. Authority coordinates are 0.335, 6.734. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ponta Mina” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.