Prince’s 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.
- Island
- …has about 7,340 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 950 metres (3,110 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code PCP
- …was formerly known as “Prince Island”
- Description: island off of the coast of Africa
- Also known as“Príncipe”“Príncipe Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Real and São Joaquim.
Porto Real
Village
Porto Real is a village in the central part…
São Joaquim
Hamlet
São Joaquim is a village in the western part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Prince’s Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
1.61735° or 1° 37′ 3″ north
Longitude
7.39637° or 7° 23′ 47″ east
UN/LOCODE
ST PCP
Open location code
6FH9J98W+WG
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Prince’s Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برينسيبي”
- Azerbaijani: “Prinsipe adası”
- Basque: “Príncipe uhartea”
- Basque: “Principe”
- Basque: “Printzipe Uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Прынсіпі”
- Belarusian: “Прынсіпі”
- Bengali: “প্রিন্সিপে”
- Breton: “Enez Príncipe”
- Bulgarian: “Принсипи”
- Catalan: “Illa de Príncipe”
- Cebuano: “Ilha do Príncipe (pulo sa Sao Tome and Principe)”
- Cebuano: “Ilha do Príncipe”
- Cebuano: “Príncipe”
- Chinese: “普林西比岛”
- Chinese: “普林西比島”
- Croatian: “Otok Princip”
- Croatian: “Príncipe”
- Czech: “Ostrov Príncipe”
- Czech: “Princův ostrov”
- Danish: “Príncipe”
- Dutch: “Pagué”
- Dutch: “Principe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برينسيبى”
- Esperanto: “insulo Principeo”
- Esperanto: “Principeo”
- Estonian: “Príncipe saar”
- Estonian: “Príncipe”
- Finnish: “Príncipe”
- French: “Île du Principe”
- French: “Ilha do Príncipe”
- French: “Príncipe”
- French: “Île du Prince” (historical)
- Galician: “Illa do Príncipe”
- Georgian: “პრინსიპი”
- German: “Príncipe”
- Greek: “Πρίνσιπε”
- Gujarati: “પ્રિંસિપે”
- Hebrew: “פרינסיפה”
- Hindi: “प्रिन्सिपी”
- Indonesian: “Príncipe”
- Italian: “Príncipe”
- Japanese: “プリンシペ”
- Japanese: “プリンシペ島”
- Kannada: “ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪೆ”
- Korean: “프린시페섬”
- Latvian: “Prinsipi”
- Lithuanian: “Prinsipė”
- Lombard: “Príncipe”
- Luxembourgish: “Príncipe”
- Macedonian: “Принсип”
- Malay: “Principe”
- Marathi: “प्रिन्सिपी”
- Northern Frisian: “Príncipe (Eilun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Príncipe”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Príncipe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Príncipe”
- Norwegian: “Príncipe”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Príncipe”
- Persian: “پرنسیپ”
- Polish: “Ilha do Príncipe”
- Polish: “Wyspa Książęca”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Príncipe”
- Portuguese: “Príncipe”
- Romanian: “Provincia Príncipe, São Tomé şi Príncipe”
- Russian: “Принсипи”
- Serbian: “Principe”
- Serbian: “Принсипе”
- Serbian: “Принципе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Princip”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Príncipe”
- Sinhala: “ප්රින්සිපේ”
- Slovak: “Princov ostrov”
- Spanish: “Isla de Príncipe”
- Swahili: “Principe”
- Swedish: “Príncipe”
- Tamil: “பிரின்சிபி”
- Telugu: “ప్రిన్సిపి”
- Thai: “เกาะปริงซีป”
- Thai: “เกาะปรินซิปี”
- Thai: “เกาะพรินซ์”
- Thai: “ปริงซีป”
- Turkish: “Príncipe Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Принсіпі”
- Urdu: “پرنسپے”
- Urdu: “پرینکیپی”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Príncipe”
- Vietnamese: “Príncipe”
- Welsh: “Príncipe”
- Yue Chinese: “普林西比島”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morro Papagaio and Oquê Nazaré.
São Tomé and Príncipe: Highlights
Learn more about São Tomé and Santo António.
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