Sao Tome and Principe: Geography#
| Location | Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the Equator, west of Gabon |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 1 00 N, 7 00 E 1.0,7.0 |
| Area | total: 964 sq km land: 964 sq km water: 0 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 964 DBpedia: 0 Geoname: 1001 Infoplease: 0 Britannica: 1001 Wolfram: 964 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 209 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Pico de São Tomé 2024 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
| Terrain | volcanic, mountainous |
| Natural Hazards | NA |
| Natural Resource | fish, hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 9.06% permanent crops: 40.62% other: 50.31% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May) |
| Irrigated Land | 97 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | NA |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Sao Tome; Santo Amaro; Santana; Neves; Trindade [List Verified partially as Geonames list is short] Important Cities |
| Geography-note | the smallest country in Africa; the two main islands form part of a chain of extinct volcanoes and both are mountainous |