Sawo Tome nePrinsipe

ISão Tomé kunye nePríncipe, ngokusemthethweni iDemocratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe ; ngokoqobo ngesiTaliyane iSan Tommaso e Principe) lilizwe elizimeleyo lesiqithi eAfrika elinekomkhulu iSão Tomé.

Lichwebakazi elimalunga neziqithi ezingama-20 ezikuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki kunxweme olukumbindi-ntshona weAfrika, kwiGulf of Guinea . Iziqithi ezibini ezinkulu yiSão Tomé nePríncipe, malunga neemitha iThemplethi:M ukuqelelanaiThemplethi:M phakathi kwabo, kwaye ibekwe ngokulandelelanayo malunga nama-250 kunye iThemplethi:M ukusuka kunxweme olusemntla-ntshona weGabon; zonke ezi ziqithi ziyinxalenye yetyathanga lentaba-mlilo elingaphantsi kwamanzi elaziwa ngokuba yiCameroon Volcanic Line . I-Ilhéu das Rolas, indawo yayo yomphezulu imalunga ne-3 km² kwaye ibekwe nje 2. km emazantsi esiqithi saseSão Tomé, yeyona ndawo isemazantsi echwebakazi kunye nelizwe; imi kanye kumgca we-Ikhweyitha, kangangokuba ibamba ilitye eliphawula umda phakathi kweehemisphere ezimbini.

Ifumana igama layo kuTomas uMpostile (iSão Tomé ngesiPhuthukezi) ngenxa yomhla owafunyanwa yiPutukezi (21 December 1471), ngexesha lokukhunjulwa kwengcwele.IKoloni yasePortugal, yafumana inkululeko ngo-1975 yaza yazinika inkqubo yomthetho yeriphabliki esele ingumongameli . UMongameli weRiphabhliki nguCarlos Vila Nova.