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| Area: 964 km² | ||||
| Sao Tomé: | Length 48 km max. | Width 27 km max. | ||
| Principe: | Length 18 km max. | Width 12 km max. | ||
| Highest elevation: | 2024 m Pico de Sao Tomé | |||
| Capital city: | Sao Tomé | |||
| Population: | African, Creole, European | |||
| 130,000 inhabitants in total | ||||
| of which São Tomé | 93,000 inhabitants | Capital city of São Tomé 30,000 inhabitants | ||
| Principe | 7,000 inhabitants | |||
| Independence | 1975 | |||
| Type of state: | Parliamentary democratic republic | |||
| Language: | portuguese | |||
| Religion: | Catholic (80 %) | |||
| Currency: | Dobra | |||
| Life expectancy: | M = 66 years, F = 70 years | |||
| Time: | GMT | |||
| Climate: | Tropical Gravana period (May - September) fresh, dry, cloudy | |||
| Average annual temperature | 25 C | |||
| Highest rainfall | 6.000 mm: Pico Sao Tomé | |||
| Lowest rainfall | 200 mm: coast to NE of São Tomé | |||
| Economy: | Cocoa, coffee, oil palms, fish | |||