Place:São Tomé and Príncipe

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NameSão Tomé and Príncipe
Alt namesRepública democrática de São Tomé e Príncipesource: Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 693; Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 707
Santo Tomé y Príncipesource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 78
Sao Tome and Principesource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 572; NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 78
São Tomé e Príncipesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeNation
Coordinates1°N 7°E
Contained Places
District
Cantagalo
Caué
Lembá
Lobata
Mé-Zóchi
Pagué
Água Grande
Inhabited place
Agua Ize
Agua-Coco
Bela Vista
Blublu
Dona Augusta
Dona Eugenia
Enjale
Formiga
Graça
Henrique
Monte Rosa
Nova Olinda
Ponta Figo
Ribeira Afonso
Santa Clotilde
Santa Cruz
Santa Josefina
São José
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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São Tomé and Príncipe ( or )) officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon. Both islands are part of an extinct volcanic mountain range. São Tomé, the sizable southern island, is situated just north of the equator. It was named in honour of Saint Thomas by Portuguese explorers who arrived at the island on his feast day.

With a population of 163,000 (2010), São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest African country (Seychelles being the smallest). It is the smallest Portuguese-speaking country.

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