Officially known as Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe,is a portuguese speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equitorial coast of Africa. It consists of two Islands. Sao tome and Principe , located about 140 kms apart and about 250 and 225 kms. respectively, off the north western coast of Gabon. both islands are part of an extinct volcanic mountai range. Sao Tome , the sizable southern island , is situated just north of the equator. It was named in honour of St. Thomas by portugueseexplorerswho happened to arrive at the island on his feast day.
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe is the second smallest African Country in terms of population( the Seychelles being the smallest). it is the smallest country in the world and is the smallest Portuguese speaking country.
Its rank from the bottom 24th and from the top is 179, with national average per capita income using atlas method (est.2003) is 320 $. In other methods IMF (est.2007),WB (est.2007), and CIA (est.2008) in US dollar is
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136/923..............129/918...................147/721
