São Tomé an Príncipe
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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.
Democratic Republic o São Tomé an Príncipe República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe (Portuguese) | |
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Motto: "Unidade, Disciplina, Trabalho" (Portuguese) "Unity, Discipline, Labour" | |
 Location o São Tomé an Príncipe (dark blue) – in Africae (light blue & dark grey) | |
| Caipital and largest city | São Tomé 0°20′N 6°44′E / 0.333°N 6.733°E |
| Offeecial leids | Portuguese |
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| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic[2] |
• Preses | Carlos Vila Nova |
• Prime Meenister | Jorge Bom Jesus |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
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• 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) |  0.574[7]medium · 142nd |
| Currency | Dobra (STD) |
| Time zone | UTC+01[8] (Wast Africae Time (WAT)) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +239 |
| ISO 3166 code | ST |
| Internet TLD | .st |
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.
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