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