| Location: |
Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
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| Geographic coordinates: |
1 00 N, 7 00 E
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| Area: |
total:
1,001 sq km
land:
1,001 sq km
water:
0 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
more than five times the size of Washington, DC
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| Maritime claims: |
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM
territorial sea:
12 NM
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| Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
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| Terrain: |
volcanic, mountainous
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
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| Natural resources: |
fish, hydropower
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| Land use: |
arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
36%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
61% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
100 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
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