| Geography | Sao Tome and Principe |
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Location:
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Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon |
Geographic coordinates:
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1 00 N, 7 00 E |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 1,001 sq km
land: 1,001 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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more than five times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries:
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0 km |
Coastline:
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209 km |
Maritime claims:
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measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May) |
Terrain:
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volcanic, mountainous |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m |
Natural resources:
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fish, hydropower |
Land use:
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arable land: 8.33%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 42.71% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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100 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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void |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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void |
Natural hazards:
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NA |
Environment - current issues:
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deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion |
Environment - international agreements:
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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:
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the smallest country in Africa; the two main islands form part of a chain of extinct volcanoes and both are mountainous |
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