São Tomé Island
São Tomé and Príncipe consists of two main islands straddling the Equator off the Atlantic coast of Central Africa. The Portuguese were the first settlers of these previously uninhabited islands in the late 15th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: island with 193,000 residents
- Description: largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Also known as: “São Tomé”, “Sao Tome Island”, and “St. Thomas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bombaim and São Nicolau.
Bombaim
Hamlet
Photo: Joao Maximo, CC BY 2.0.
Bombaim is a small village on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 18. It is 6 km south of Monte Café and 8 km southwest of Trindade. It was established as a plantation. Bombaim is situated 3½ km east of São Tomé Island.
São Nicolau
Hamlet
São Nicolau is a village in the central part of São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 118. It lies in a mountainous area, 3 km southwest of Monte Café. São Nicolau is situated 4½ km northeast of São Tomé Island.
Java
Hamlet
Java is a village on São Tomé Island in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 19. It was established as a plantation. Java is situated 6 km east of São Tomé Island.
São Tomé Island
- Location: São Tomé and Príncipe, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“São Tomé Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة ساو تومي”
- Armenian: “Սան Տոմե”
- Asturian: “Islla de Santu Tomé”
- Basque: “Sao Tome”
- Basque: “São Tomé”
- Bengali: “সাও টোম আইল্যান্ড”
- Breton: “Enez São Tomé”
- Bulgarian: “Сао Томе”
- Catalan: “illa de São Tomé”
- Catalan: “Illa de São Tomé”
- Cebuano: “Ilha de São Tomé”
- Chinese: “圣多美岛”
- Chinese: “圣多美省”
- Chinese: “聖多美島”
- Croatian: “Otok svetoga Tome”
- Czech: “Svatý Tomáš”
- Danish: “Sao Tome”
- Dutch: “Sao Tomé”
- Dutch: “São Tomé”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره ساو تومى”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Santomeo”
- Esperanto: “Santomeo”
- Esperanto: “Sao-Tomeo”
- Estonian: “São Tomé saar”
- Finnish: “São Tomé”
- French: “Île de Saint-Thomas”
- French: “Saint-Thomée”
- French: “Sao Tome”
- French: “São Tome”
- French: “São Tomé”
- Galician: “Illa de San Tomé”
- Georgian: “სან-ტომე”
- German: “São Tomé”
- Greek: “Σάο Τομέ”
- Gujarati: “સાઓ તોમે આઇલેન્ડ”
- Hebrew: “סאו טומה”
- Hindi: “साओ तोमे द्वीप”
- Indonesian: “Pulau São Tomé”
- Italian: “São Tomé”
- Japanese: “サン・トメ島”
- Japanese: “サントメ島”
- Japanese: “ボンディ (サントメ・プリンシペ)”
- Japanese: “ボンボ (サントメ・プリンシペ)”
- Japanese: “モンテ・ロザ (サントメ・プリンシペ)”
- Kannada: “ಸಾವೊ ಟೋಮೆ ದ್ವೀಪ”
- Korean: “상투메 섬”
- Korean: “상투메섬”
- Latvian: “Santome sala”
- Lithuanian: “San Tomė”
- Lombard: “São Tomé”
- Luxembourgish: “São Tomé”
- Macedonian: “Саун Томе”
- Malay: “Sao Tome Island”
- Marathi: “साओ तोम आईसलँड”
- Mongolian: “Сан-Томе арал”
- Northern Frisian: “São Tomé (Eilun)”
- Northern Frisian: “São Tomé”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “São Tomé”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya São Tomé”
- Norwegian: “São Tomé”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de São Tomé”
- Persian: “جزیره سائوتومه”
- Polish: “Ilha de São Tomé”
- Polish: “Wyspa św. Tomasza”
- Polish: “Wyspa Świętego Tomasza”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de São Tomé”
- Portuguese: “São Tomé”
- Romanian: “Provincia Sao Tome, Sao Tome și Principe”
- Romanian: “Provincia São Tomé, São Tomé şi Príncipe”
- Romanian: “Provincia São Tomé, São Tomé și Príncipe”
- Romanian: “Provincia São Tomé”
- Russian: “Сан-Томе”
- Scots: “São Tomé Island”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otok svetoga Tome”
- Sinhala: “සාඕ ටොමේ දූපත”
- Slovak: “Ostrov svätého Tomáša”
- Slovak: “Svätý Tomáš”
- Spanish: “Isla de Santo Tome”
- Spanish: “Isla de Santo Tomé”
- Swahili: “Sao Tome”
- Swedish: “São Tomé Island”
- Swedish: “São Tomé”
- Tamil: “சாவு டாம் ஐஸ்லாந்து”
- Telugu: “సావోో టోమ్ దీవి”
- Thai: “เกาะเซาตูเม”
- Thai: “เกาะเซาตูแม”
- Turkish: “São Tomé Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Томе”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ ساؤ ٹومے”
- Urdu: “ساؤ ٹوم آئی لینڈ”
- Uzbek: “São Tomé oroli”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Sao Tome”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo São Tomé”
- Vietnamese: “Sao Tome”
- Vietnamese: “São Tomé”
- Welsh: “São Tomé”
- Welsh: “Ynys São Tomé”
- Wolof: “Sao Tome”
- Yue Chinese: “聖多美島”
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