Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is a small island country composed of an archipelago located in the Gulf of Guinea of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean.

São Tomé and Príncipe constitute one of Africa's smallest countries, with 209 km (130 mi) of coastline.

This makes the total land area of the country 1,001 km2 (386 sq mi), about five times the size of Washington, D.C.

The equator lies immediately south of São Tomé Island, passing through an islet Ilhéu das Rolas.

Between 1950 and 2010, São Tomé and Príncipe experienced an increase of 1.5 °C in average annual temperature due to climate change.