🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Time zones in São Tomé and Príncipe

• Africa/Sao_Tome
  UTC+0 (GMT) · Greenwich Mean Time

Upcoming public holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe

• Fri, May 1Dia do trabalhador
• Sun, Jul 12Dia da Independência
• Mon, Jul 13Dia da Independência (substitute day)

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Other countries in Middle Africa

• 🇦🇴 Angola
• 🇨🇲 Cameroon
• 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
• 🇹🇩 Chad
• 🇨🇩 DR Congo
• 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
• 🇬🇦 Gabon
• 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo

At a glance

Capital

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Region

Africa

Subregion

Middle Africa

Population

209,607

Area

964 km²

Currency

STN Db

Calling code

+239

Driving side

right

Languages

por

Internet TLD

.st

About

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about 81 nautical miles apart and about 135 and 121 nautical miles off the northwestern coast of Gabon. With a population of 201,800, São Tomé and Príncipe is the second-smallest and second-least populous African sovereign state after Seychelles.

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