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Sao Tomé and Principe (STP)

Principe Island

Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and is lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of 136 square kilometres (53 sq mi) and a population of approximately 7,000. The island is a heavily eroded volcano speculated to be over three million years old, surrounded few smaller islands and the highest peak, Pico de Príncipe, is rising at 948 metres in a thickly forested area forming part of the Obo National Park. San Antonio is the capital and the only town of the island.
 
BEST TIME to VISIT PRINCIPE​

 

 

BEST TIME to TRAVEL to STP
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From June to August
 
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