Sao Tome and Principe Geography 1997

Location Western Africa, island in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator,west of Gabon

Geographic coordinates 1 00 N, 7 00 E

Map references Africa

Area
total: 960 sq km
land: 960 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
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 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

Land use
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 36%
permanent pastures: 1%
forests and woodland : NA%
other: 61% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land 100 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards NA

Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion

Environment - international agreements
party to: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea
signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification

NOTE: The information regarding Sao Tome and Principe on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sao Tome and Principe Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sao Tome and Principe Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.