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São Tomé
0.33° N, 6.73° E
- Population
- 88,219
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 2
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 2 cities of São Tomé and Principe in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of São Tomé and Principe, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1485
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 137 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 17 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Água Grande
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Thomas the Apostle
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- America/Fortaleza
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Practical bearings for São Tomé, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in São Tomé have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The Portuguese named Sao Tome after Saint Thomas the Apostle, having discovered the island on 21 December 1470 or 1471, the saint's feast day.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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