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Area > Comparative more than five times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places more than five times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	1,001 sq km		[178th of 238]
Area > Land (per capita)	4.855 sq km per 1,000 people		[173rd of 227]
Area > Total	1,001 sq km		[188th of 250]
Area > Total (per capita)	4.855 sq km per 1,000 people		[179th of 231]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[229th of 239]
Area > Water (per capita)	0 sq km per million people		[152nd of 225]
Capital city with population	Sao Tome - 43,420
Climate tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
Coastline	209 km		[151st of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Forested Land	28.3%		[93rd of 193]
Geographic coordinates	1 00 N, 7 00 E
Geography > Note the smallest country in Africa; the two main islands form part of a chain of extinct volcanoes and both are mountainous
Irrigated land	100 sq km		[137th of 196]
Irrigated land (per capita)	669.21 sq km per million people		[34th of 167]
Land area > sq. km	960 km²		[174th of 206]
Land area > sq. km (per capita)	6.133 km² per 1,000 people		[150th of 206]
Land use > Arable land	8.33%		[121st of 258]
Land use > Other	42.71%		[238th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	48.96%		[2nd of 258]
Largest city	Sao Tome
Largest city population	57,000		[151st of 174]
Largest city population (per capita)	0.304 per capita		[30th 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 nautical mile		[97th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[156th of 191]
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]
Surface area > sq. km (per capita)	6.133 km² per 1,000 people		[150th of 207]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Pico de Sao Tome
Terrain	volcanic, mountainous

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