where is sao tome and principe located on the world map
São Tomé and Príncipe (/ ˌsaʊ təˈmeɪ ən ˈprɪnsɪpə,-ˈprɪnsɪpeɪ / SOW tə-MAY ən PRIN-sip-ə,-PRIN-sip-ay; Portuguese: (sɐ̃w tuˈmɛ i ˈpɾĩsɨpɨ)), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about 140 kilometres (87 miles) apart and about 250 and 225 kilometres (155 and 140 miles), respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon.