São Tomé and Principe
São Tomé and Principe (officially Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) is a country in Middle Africa, with its capital at São Tomé, and is home to roughly 235.5K people.
Portuguese is the official language; the currency in circulation is São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (Db); people from here are called Sao Tomean.
- »It is the second smallest African country and sits almost on the equator.
São Tomé and Principe shares no land border with anything, so every approach is by sea or air. The closest other territories on file are Equatorial Guinea (454 km), Gabon (583 km) and Cameroon (913 km), measured centre to centre.
São Tomé sits almost on the equator and was founded in 1485 as one of the first European settlements in the tropics.
1,042 km² (402 sq mi), 174th largest of 198 countries and territories on file.
Population 235,536, 178th of 198 on file. That averages 226 per km² (585 per sq mi).
Pan-African colours with two black stars for the two islands, and red for the struggle for independence from Portugal.