São Tomé and Príncipe, formally the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western tropical shore of Central Africa. It comprises of two archipelagos around the two primary islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, around 140 kilometers (87 miles) separated and around 250 and 225 kilometers (155 and 140 miles) off the northwestern shore of Gabon, individually. The islands were uninhabited until their disclosure by Portuguese adventurers in the fifteenth century. Step by step colonized and settled by the Portuguese all through the sixteenth century, they by and large filled in as a crucial business and exchange community for the Atlantic slave exchange. The rich volcanic soil and closeness to the Equator made São Tomé and Príncipe perfect for sugar development, pursued later with money yields, for example, espresso and cocoa; the worthwhile manor economy was intensely needy upon imported African slaves. Cycles of social turmoil and monetary unsteadiness all through the nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years finished in tranquil freedom in 1975. São Tomé and Príncipe has since stayed a standout amongst Africa's most steady and majority rule nations.

São Tomé is the capital and biggest city of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for "Holy person Thomas". Significant as a port, São Tomé is situated on Ana Chaves Bay in the upper east of São Tomé Island, and Ilhéu das Cabras lies adjacent seaward. São Tomé is found upper east of Trindade, southeast of Guadalupe and northwest of Santana. It is connected to these towns by a roadway which encompasses the whole island of São Tomé. It is connected to Cape Verde by a week after week ship. Highlights of the town incorporate the Presidential Palace, the house of prayer, and a film.