Africa · capital city

What Is the Capital of Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome is on UTC0 — UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time). There is no daylight saving time.

Sao Tome

The capital of Sao Tome and Principe is Sao Tome. About 80,000 people live in the Sao Tome urban area — 33.3% of the country's population.

80,000

Urban area population

UTC0

Time zone

0.33°N

Latitude · 6.73°E

Yes

Largest city

Sao Tome at a glance

Named after Saint THOMAS the Apostle by the Portuguese, who discovered the island on 21 December 1470 (or 1471), the saint's feast day.

UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time). No daylight saving time.

0 20 N, 6 44 E · IANA time zone Africa/Abidjan

Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the Equator, west of Gabon

Straight-line distance between capitals.

The capital of Sao Tome and Principe is Sao Tome. About 80,000 people live in the Sao Tome urban area — 33.3% of the country's population.

Yes — Sao Tome is also the largest urban area of Sao Tome and Principe (80,000).

Sao Tome is on UTC0 — UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time). There is no daylight saving time.

Named after Saint THOMAS the Apostle by the Portuguese, who discovered the island on 21 December 1470 (or 1471), the saint's feast day.

Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain); population: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).