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
water: 0 sq km
land: 1,001 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, hydropower |
| Land use: | arable land: 6.25%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 44.79% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 100 sq km (1998 est.) |
| 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
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
Source: CIA World Factbook
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