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Country overview: 

Short name	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
ISO code	ST
FIPS code	TP
Language	Portuguese (pt)
Time zone	+0
Capital	São Tomé

 

São Tomé and Príncipe was a Portuguese colony at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1951 it was made an overseas province of Portugal. It became independent on 1975-07-12.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: São Tomé og Príncipe, Den demokratiske republik Sao Tomé og Principe (formal)
2. Dutch: Sint Tome en Principe, Sao Tomé en Principe, Democratische Republiek Sao Tomé en Principe (formal)
3. English: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (formal)
4. Finnish: São Tomé ja Príncipe
5. French: Sao Tomé-et-Principe m
6. German: São Tomé und Príncipe n
7. Icelandic: Saó Tóme og Prinsípe
8. Italian: São Tomé e Príncipe
9. Norwegian: Den demokratiske republikk São Tomé og Príncipe (formal) (Bokmål), Den demokratiske republikken São Tomé og Príncipe (formal) (Nynorsk), São Tomé og Príncipe
10. Portuguese: São Tomé e Príncipe, República f Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe (formal)
11. Spanish: Santo Tomé y Príncipe
12. Swedish: São Tomé och Príncipe

Origin of name: 

São Tomé after Saint Thomas

Primary subdivisions: 

Sao Tome and Principe is divided into two concelhos (municipalities).

Municipality	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Príncipe	ST.PR	P	TP01	5,255	142	55	Santo António
São Tomé	ST.ST	S	TP02	91,356	859	332	São Tomé
2 municipalities				96,611	1,001	387
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Population: 1991 census

Further subdivisions:

See the Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe page.

The municipalities are further subdivided into distritos (districts). Príncipe is coextensive with its district, but São Tomé has six districts.

Territorial extent: 

1. Príncipe consists of the islands of Príncipe, Caroço, Bombom, and the Pedras Tinhosas.
2. São Tomé consists of São Tomé and Rôlas islands.