Geographic coordinates: 1 00 N, 7 00 E
Map references: Africa
Area:
total:
1,001 sq km
land:
1,001 sq km
water:
0 sq km
Area - comparative: more than five times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 209 km
Maritime claims:
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
Climate: tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
Terrain: volcanic, mountainous
Elevation extremes:
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
Natural resources: fish, hydropower
Land use:
arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
36%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
61% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 100 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion and exhaustion
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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