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Coordinates: 1°N 7°E / 1°N 7°E / 1; 7

Democratic Republic o
São Tomé an Príncipe

República Democrática de
São Tomé e Príncipe  (Portuguese)
Motto: "Unidade, Disciplina, Trabalho" (Portuguese)
"Unity, Discipline, Labour"
Location o  São Tomé an Príncipe  (dark blue) – in Africae  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Location o  São Tomé an Príncipe  (dark blue)

– in Africae  (light blue & dark grey)
– in the African Union  (light blue)

Caipital
and largest city
São Tomé
0°20′N 6°44′E / 0.333°N 6.733°E / 0.333; 6.733
Offeecial leidsPortuguese
Recognised regional leids
Demonym(s)
  • São Toméan (Sao Tomean)[1]
  • Santomean
GovrenmentUnitar semi-presidential republic[2]
• Preses
Carlos Vila Nova
Jorge Bom Jesus
LegislaturNaitional Assemmly
Unthirldom
• frae Portugal
12 Julie 1975
Aurie
• Total
1,001[3] km2 (386 sq mi) (171t)
• Water (%)
Negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate
199,910[4] (178t)
• 2013 census
192,993
• Density
187.17/km2 (484.8/sq mi) (69t)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$685 million[5]
• Per capita
$3,220[5]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$355 million[5]
• Per capita
$1,668[5]
Gini (2010)33.9[6]
medium
HDI (2015)Increase 0.574[7]
medium · 142nd
CurrencyDobra (STD)
Time zoneUTC+01[8] (Wast Africae Time (WAT))
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+239
ISO 3166 codeST
Internet TLD.st

São Tomé an Príncipe, officeeally the Democratic Republic o São Tomé an Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speakin island naition in the Gulf o Guinea, aff the wastren equatorial coast o Central Africa. It consists o twa islands: São Tomé an Príncipe, locatit aboot 140 kilometres (87 mi) apairt an aboot 225 kilometres (155 an 140 mi), respectively, aff the northwastren coast o Gabon. Baith islands are pairt o an extinct volcanic muntain range. São Tomé, the sizable soothren island, is situatit juist north o the equator. It wis named in honour o Saunt Thomas by Portuguese explorers who happened tae arrive at the island on his feast day.

São Tomé an Príncipe is the seicont-smawest African kintra in terms o population (the Seychelles being the smawest). It is the smawest kintra in the warld that is no a umwhile Breetish owerseas territory, a umwhile Unitit States trusteeship, or ane o the European microstates. It is an aa the smawest Portuguese-speakin kintra.

References

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  1. ↑ "Nationality". The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 26 Juin 2015. Retrieved 17 Julie 2012.
  2. ↑ Octávio Amorim Neto; Marina Costa Lobo (2010). "Between Constitutional Diffusion and Local Politics: Semi-Presidentialism in Portuguese-Speaking Countries". Social Science Research Network. SSRN 1644026. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
  3. ↑ "Ministério Dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Comunidades da República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe". Archived frae the original on 8 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 9 Februar 2018.
  4. ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. ↑ a b c d "São Tomé and Príncipe". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2013.
  6. ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 26 Julie 2013.
  7. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
  8. ↑ Decree number 25/2017 Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
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