What every visitor should know about Sao Tome and Principe:
- Money
- The currency is the São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (STD). 10000 STD is worth about US$0.65, or €0.46.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Carjacking
- Capital
- Sao Tome
- Tap water
- Unsafe. Water purification efforts are inadequate to guarantee safe supply. Drink boiled or bottled water whenever possible.
Sao Tome and Principe facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 212,679
- Language
- Portuguese (official)
- Ethnicity
- Mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)
Economy
- GDP
- US$1,400 (per capita)