What the records say
- When
- 1975
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Coordinates
- 0.97° N, 7.02° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 76430
- Area km2
- 964
- Gaining
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Losing
- Portugal
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
São Tomé and Príncipe
Island country in Central Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about 81 nautical miles apart and about 135 and 121 nautical miles off the northwestern coast of Gabon.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation