WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:

Official Name: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

PROFILE

Geography

Location: Western Africa; islands straddling the equator in the Gulf of Guinea west of Gabon.

Area: 1,001 sq. km. (386 sq. mi.); about the size of metropolitan Indianapolis, or . . .

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