São Tomé an Príncipe

São Tomé an Príncipe, officeeally the Democratic Republic o São Tomé an Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speakin island naition in the Gulf o Guinea, aff the wastren equatorial coast o Central Africa. It consists o twa islands: São Tomé an Príncipe, locatit aboot 140 kilometres (87 mi) apairt an aboot 225 kilometres (155 an 140 mi), respectively, aff the northwastren coast o Gabon. Baith islands are pairt o an extinct volcanic muntain range. São Tomé, the sizable soothren island, is situatit juist north o the equator. It wis named in honour o Saunt Thomas by Portuguese explorers who happened tae arrive at the island on his feast day.

São Tomé an Príncipe is the seicont-smawest African kintra in terms o population (the Seychelles being the smawest). It is the smawest kintra in the warld that is no a umwhile Breetish owerseas territory, a umwhile Unitit States trusteeship, or ane o the European microstates. It is an aa the smawest Portuguese-speakin kintra.

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