Africa Sao Tome and Principe

 

Population :  170 372 habitants (est. 2000)
Pays voisins :
Densité : 176.92 hab./km²
Superficie : 963 km²
Capitale : São Tomé
Principales villes : Santo António, Porto Alegre
Point culminant : Pico de São Tomé 2 024 m.
Langue(s) parlée(s) : Crioulo
Langue(s) officielle(s) : Portugais
Monnaie : Dobra
Fête nationale : 12 juillet
Statut : République

1Mama Africa Stp http://mamafricastp.blogspot.com/
2Irmãs Franciscanas Missionárias S.Tomé http://projectoguadalupe.blogspot.com/
2Património de S. Tomé. http://stomepatrimonio.blogspot.com/

       São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon. Both islands are part of an extinct volcanic mountain range. São Tomé, the sizable southern island, is situated just north of the equator. It was named in honour of Saint Thomas by Portuguese explorers who arrived at the island on his feast day.

 With a population of 163,000 (2010), São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest African country (Seychelles being the smallest). It is the smallest country in the world in terms of population that is not a former British overseas territory, a former United States trusteeship, or one of the European microstates. It is also the smallest Portuguese-speaking country.

 The name in Portugueseis pronounced . Pronunciation of São Tomé and Príncipe in English varies, with dictionaries citing the most common pronunciations as and