Sao Tome and Principe

The country calling code for Sao Tome and Principe is +239. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Sao Tome and Principe number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Sao Tome and Principe is assigned ST as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and STP as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Sao Tome and Principe is .st. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Sao Tome and Principe is the São Tomé and Príncipe dobra, with the ISO 4217 code STD and the symbol Db. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Sao Tome and Principe are quoted in STD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Sao Tome and Principe is UTC, currently UTC+00:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Sao Tome and Principe is São Tomé. Sao Tome and Principe sits in Africa, specifically the Middle Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is 1.00000000, 7.00000000. Traffic in Sao Tome and Principe drives on the right. Languages recorded for Sao Tome and Principe: Portuguese.

No land borders are recorded for Sao Tome and Principe in this dataset, which is typical of island states and territories. The nearby page still ranks the closest countries by straight-line distance.