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Africa > São Tomé and Príncipe > Geography

SAO TOMEAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
more than five times the size of Washington, DC
Capital city with population Sao Tome - 43,420
Forested Land 28.3% [93rd of 193]
Land use > Permanent crops 48.96 % [2nd of 241]
Largest city Sao Tome
Largest city population 57,000 [151st of 174]
Largest city with population Sao Tome - 43,420
Location
Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
Map references
Africa
Maritime claims
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [47th of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [156th of 190]
Natural resources fish, hydropower
northernmost point > Latitude 01°25'N
Population density 154.88 people per sqkm [65th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 163.04 people/m² ... [55th of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 818.88 people/km² of arable lan ... [25th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 960 km² ... [174th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Pico de Sao Tome
Terrain volcanic, mountainous

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Tome e Principe , s�o tom� & pr�ncipe, s�o tom� e pr�ncipe, Sao Tome & Principe, São Tomé and Principe, São Tomé & Principe, São Tomé and Príncipe

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