São Tomé Island

São Tomé and Príncipe consists of two main islands straddling the Equator off the Atlantic coast of . The Portuguese were the first settlers of these previously uninhabited islands in the late 15th century.
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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.

Hamlet
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is a small village on São Tomé Island in . Its population is 18. It is 6 km south of and 8 km southwest of . It was established as a plantation. is situated 3½ km east of São Tomé Island.

Hamlet
is a village in the central part of São Tomé Island in . Its population is 118. It lies in a mountainous area, 3 km southwest of . is situated 4½ km northeast of São Tomé Island.

Hamlet
is a village on São Tomé Island in the nation of . Its population is 19. It was established as a plantation. is situated 6 km east of São Tomé Island.

São Tomé Island

Latitude
0.25° or 0° 15′ north
Longitude
6.6° or 6° 36′ east
Population
193,000
Elevation
778 metres (2,552 feet)
Open location code
6FG87H2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
2410764
Wiki­data ID
Q233124
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“São Tomé Island” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳኦ ቶሜ ደሴት”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ساو تومي”
  • Armenian: “Սան Տոմե”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Santu Tomé”
  • Azerbaijani: “San-Tome adası”
  • Basque: “Sao Tome”
  • Basque: “São Tomé”
  • Bengali: “সাও টোম আইল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “সাও তোমে দ্বীপ”
  • 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: “Île de São Tomé”
  • French: “Saint-Thomée”
  • French: “Sao Tome”
  • French: “São Tome”
  • French: “São Tomé”
  • Galician: “Illa de San Tomé”
  • Georgian: “სან-ტომე”
  • German: “Insel São Tomé”
  • German: “São Tomé”
  • Greek: “Σάο Τομέ”
  • Gujarati: “સાઓ તોમે આઇલેન્ડ”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin São Tomé”
  • 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)”
  • Javanese: “Pulo São Tomé”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾವೊ ಟೋಮೆ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kazakh: “Сан-Томе острова”
  • Kirghiz: “Сан-Томе Острову”
  • Korean: “상투메 섬”
  • Korean: “상투메섬”
  • Latvian: “Santome sala”
  • Lithuanian: “San Tomė”
  • Lombard: “São Tomé”
  • Luxembourgish: “São Tomé”
  • Macedonian: “Саун Томе”
  • Malay: “Pulau São Tomé”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Gidduu São Tomé”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਂ ਟੋਮੇ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزیره سائوتومه”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ سائوتومه”
  • Polish: “Ilha de São Tomé”
  • Polish: “Wyspa św. Tomasza”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Świętego Tomasza”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de São Tomé”
  • Portuguese: “São Tomé”
  • Pushto: “ساو تومې ټاپو”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Jaziirta São Tomé”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Santo Tome”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Santo Tomé”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha São Tomé”
  • Swahili: “Sao Tome”
  • Swedish: “São Tomé Island”
  • Swedish: “São Tomé”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираи Сан-Томе”
  • Tamil: “சாவு டாம் ஐஸ்லாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Томе утравы”
  • 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: “San-Tome oroli”
  • 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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