Sao Tome and Principe
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Introduction - Sao Tome and Principe: | Location - Sao Tome and Principe: | Location | Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon | | Geographic coordinates | 1 00 N, 7 00 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 1,001 sq km
land: 1,001 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area comparative | more than five times the size of Washington, DC | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 209 km | | Maritime claims | measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm | | Climate | tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May) | | Terrain | volcanic, mountainous | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m | | Natural resources | fish, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 8.33%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 42.71% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 100 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | NA | | Environment current issues | deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | the smallest country in Africa; the two main islands form part of a chain of extinct volcanoes and both are fairly mountainous | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |