| COUNTRY FACTS: SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | |
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| Name(official): | Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe |
| Name(short): | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Capital City: | Sao Tome |
| Location: | Western Africa, Islands in the Gulf of Guinea straddling the Equator, west of Gabon.Click to enlarge Map of Sao Tome |
| Coordinate: | 1 00 N, 7 00 E |
| Independence: | (From Portugal) July 12th; 1975. |
| President: | Fradique DE MENEZES (President), Tome Vera CRUZ (Prime Minister) |
| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 1 001sq.km. |
| Population: | 193 413 (July 2006) |
| People: | mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese). |
| Religion: | Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census) |
| Languages: | Portuguese (official) |
| Literacy: | 79.3%total, 85%male, 62%female (1991) |
| Currency: | dobra (STD) |
| GDP(per capita): | $1 200 (2003) |
| Arable Land: | 8.33 (2005)% |
| Agriculture: | cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish. |
| Natural resources: | Fish, hydropower |
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| International Phone Code: | +239 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Tourism: Check the website for more info...
MAJOR CITIES
- Sao Tome (Island)
- Principe (Island)
NEWS
- Tela Non Diaro de Sao Tome e Principe
- Televisao Saotomense (TVS)
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries CPLP
- ECCAS
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
2 provinces: Principe, Sao Tome.
Note: principe has had self government since 29 April, 1995.