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Sao Tome and Principe Geography 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/sao_tome_and_principe/sao_tome_and_principe_geography.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 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
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
Climate tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May) Terrain volcanic, mountainous Elevation extremes
Natural resources fish Land use
Irrigated land 100 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards NA Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion Environment - international agreements
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