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Sao Tome and Principe in other languages: exonyms and the districts
São Tomé and Príncipe is São Tomé e Príncipe in Portuguese, officially the República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe, with the ISO codes ST, STP and 678. The name is given here in 160 languages and variants and the capital São Tomé in 67, followed by the six districts and the autonomous region of Príncipe.
Official languagesPortuguese (português)
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- ST
- alpha-3
- STP
- numeric
- 678
São Tomé e Príncipe
Portuguese · Latin
República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
- English
- Sao Tome and PrincipeDemocratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
- Capital
- São ToméSão Tomé · Sao Tome
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026; ISO writes the English short name without diacritics, Sao Tome and Principe. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Sao Tome and Principe in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Sao Tome and Principe | same as written |
| Estonian, Finnish, Kven, Northern Sami, Võro | est / fin / fkv / sme / vor | São Tomé ja Príncipe | same as written |
| Interlingua, Italian, Portuguese, Romansh, Sardinian | ina / ita / por / roh / srd | São Tomé e Príncipe | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Sao Tome en Principe | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | San Tomé e Prenzipe | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Santu Tomé y Príncipe | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | San-Tome və Prinsipi / Сан-Томе вә Принсипи | San-Tome və Prinsipi |
| Bambara | bam | Sawo-Tome ani Pirɛnsipi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Sao Tome i Principe / Сао Томе и Принципе / ساۉ تۉمە وٖ پرٖىنڄٖىپە | Sao Tome i Principe |
| Breton | bre | São Tomé ha Príncipe | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Sao Tomé i Príncipe | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Svatý Tomáš a Princův ostrov | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Sen Tommas ha Pryns | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | San-Tome ve Prinsipi / Сан-Томе ве Принсипи | San-Tome ve Prinsipi |
| Welsh | cym | Sao Tome a Principe | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Sao Tomé og Principe | same as written |
| German | deu | São Tomé und Príncipe | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Swěty Tomaš a Wierchojska | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Sao-Tomeo kaj Principeo | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Sao Tomé eta Principe | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Sao Tome og Prinsipi | same as written |
| French | fra | São Tomé-et-Principe, Sao Tomé-et-Principe, São Tomé-et-Príncipe, São Tomé e Príncipe | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Sao Tomé-et-Principe | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Sao Tomee en Prinsyp | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Sant Tomâs e Princip | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | San-Tome hem Prinsipi / Сан-Томе хем Принсипи | San-Tome hem Prinsipi |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | São Tomé agus Príncipe | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Sao Tomé agus Príncipe | same as written |
| Galician | glg | San Tomé e Príncipe | same as written |
| Manx | glv | São Tomé as Príncipe | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Sen Tome ak Pwènsip | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Sao Tome e Principe | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Sveti Toma i Princip | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | São Tomé a Príncipe | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | São Tomé és Príncipe | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Sau Tọme na Prinsipe | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Sao Tome dan Principe | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Saó Tóme og Prinsípe | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Sao Tome lan Principe | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | São Tomé et Principe | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | San-Tome haʻm Prinsipi / Сан-Томе ҳәм Принсипи | San-Tome haʻm Prinsipi |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Sao Tomê û Prinsîpê | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Sanctus Thomas et Princeps, Insulae Sancti Thomae et Principis | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Santome un Prinsipi | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Santu Tome mpé Príncipe | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | San Tomė ir Prinsipė | same as written |
| Ladin | lld | São Tomé y Príncipe | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | San Tome i Principe | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | São Tomé an Príncipe | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Sao Tome sy Prinsipa | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | San Tome w l-Prinċep | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Sao Tomé și Principe / Сао Томе ши Принчипе | Sao Tomé și Principe |
| Malay | msa | Sao Tome dan Principe / ساو تومي دان ڤرينسيڤي | Sao Tome dan Principe |
| Nahuatl | nah | São Tomé īhuān Pilli | same as written |
| Low German | nds | São Tomé un Príncipe | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | Sao Tomé en Principe | same as written |
| Norwegian | nor | São Tomé og Príncipe | same as written |
| Novial | nov | Sao Tome e Prinsip | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Saint-Thoumas et Prinche | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Sao Tomé e Principe, São Tomé e Príncipe | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Santu Tumiy Prinsipi-pas | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | São Tomé ťai Príncipe / साओ तोमे थाइ प्रिन्त्सिपे | São Tomé ťai Príncipe |
| Romanian | ron | Sao Tomé și Principe | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | São Tomé shi Príncipe | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | San Tomè e Prìncipi | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Svätý Tomáš a Princov ostrov | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Sao Tome i Principe / Сао Томе и Принципе | Sao Tome i Principe |
| Slovenian | slv | Sao Tome in Principe | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | San Tuomė ė Prėnsėpė | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Santo Tomé y Príncipe | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Sao Tome dhe Principe | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Sao Tome un Principe | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Sao Tome na Principe | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | São Tomé och Príncipe | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Saun Tomé no Prínsipe | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | San-Tome we Prinsipi / Сан-Томе ве Принсипи | San-Tome we Prinsipi |
| Turkish | tur | Sao Tome ve Principe, Sen Toma ve Prensip, São Tomé ve Príncipe | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | San-Tome va Prinsipi / Сан-Томе ва Принсипи / سەن-تامې ۋە پرىنسىپى | San-Tome va Prinsipi |
| Vietnamese | vie | Xao Tô-mê và Prin-xi-pê | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Saluda-Tomeän e Prinsipeän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Sao Tomé eyet Prince | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Saw Tome ak Preesip | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iziqingi esaseSantomasi | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | São Tomé u Principe | same as written |
| Komi, Meadow Mari | kom / mhr | Сан-Томе да Принсипи | San-Tome da Prinsipi |
| Altai | alt | Сан-Томе ле Принсипи | San-Tome le Prinsipi |
| Abkhaz | abk | Сан-Томеи Принсипи | San-Tomei Prinsipi |
| Avar | ava | Сан-Томе ва Принсипи | San-Tome wa Prinsipi |
| Bashkir | bak | Сан-Томе һәм Принсипи / San-Tome häm Prinsipi | San-Tome häm Prinsipi |
| Belarusian | bel | Сан-Таме і Прынсіпі / San-Tamie i Prynsipi, Сан-Тамэ і Прынсыпі / San-Tame i Prynsypi | San-Tamie i Prynsipi, San-Tame i Prynsypi |
| Bulgarian | bul | Сан Томе и Принсипи, Сао Томе и Принсипи | San Tome i Prinsipi, Sao Tome i Prinsipi |
| Chechen | che | Сан-Томе а Принсипи / San-Tome a Prinsipi | San-Tome a Prinsipi |
| Chuvash | chv | Сан-Томепе Принсипи | San-Tomepe Prinsipi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Сан-Томе және Принсипи / سان-تومە جانە پرينسيپي / San-Tome jäne Prïnsïpï | San-Tome jäne Prïnsïpï |
| Kabardian | kbd | Сан-Томерэ Принсипирэ | San-Tomeră Prinsipiră |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Сан-Томе жана Принсипи / سان-تومە جانا پرئنسىپى / San-Tome cana Prinsipi | San-Tome cana Prinsipi |
| Khakas | kjh | Сан-Томе паза Принсипи | San-Tome paza Prinsipi |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Сан-Т’оме у П’ринсипи / San-T’omê û P’rînsîpî | San-T’omê û P’rînsîpî |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc | Сан-Томе эм Принсипи | San-Tome ėm Prinsipi |
| Kumyk | kum | Сан-Томе ва Принсипи | San-Tome va Prinsipi |
| Lezgi | lez | Сан-Томени Принсипи | San-Tomeni Prinsipi |
| Macedonian | mkd | Сао Томе и Принципе | Sao Tome i Principe |
| Mongolian | mon | Сан Томе ба Принсипи | San Tome ba Prinsipi |
| Ossetian | oss | Сан-Томе ӕмӕ Принсипи | San-Tome ämä Prinsipi |
| Rusyn | rue | Святый Томаш і Прінців остров | Svjatŷj Tomaš i Princiv ostrov |
| Russian | rus | Сан-Томе и Принсипи | San-Tome i Prinsipi |
| Yakut | sah | Сан-Томе уонна Принсипе | San-Tome uonna Prinsipe |
| Serbian | srp | Сао Томе и Принципе / Sao Tome i Principe | Sao Tome i Principe |
| Tatar | tat | Сан-Томе һәм Принсипи / San-Tome häm Prinsipi / سان-تومې ھەم پرىنسىپى | San-Tome häm Prinsipi |
| Tajik | tgk | Сан-Томе у Принсипи / سن تامه و پرینسیپی / San-Tome u Prinsipi, Сан-Томе ва Принсипи / سن تامه و پرینسیپی / San-Tome va Prinsipi | San-Tome u Prinsipi, San-Tome va Prinsipi |
| Tuvan | tyv | Сан-Томе биле Принсипи | San-Tome bile Prinsipi |
| Udmurt | udm | Сан-Томе но Принсипи | San-Tome no Prinsipi |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Сан-Томе і Принсіпі | San-Tome i Prynsipi |
| Arabic | ara | ساوتومي وبرينسيب, ساو تومي وبرنسيبي, ساو تومي وبرينسيبي, سان تومي وبرينسيبي, سان تومي وبرنسيبي, ساو توم وبرنسيب, ساو توم وبرينسيب, ساو توم وبرنسيبي, ساو توم وبرانسيب | Sāwtūmī wa-Birīnsīb, Sāw Tūmī wa-Birinsībī, Sāw Tūmī wa-Birīnsībī, Sān Tūmī wa-Birīnsībī, Sān Tūmī wa-Birinsībī, Sāw Tūm wa-Biransīb / Sāw Tūm wa-Birinsīb, Sāw Tūm wa-Birīnsīb, Sāw Tūm wa-Birinsībī, Sāw Tūm wa-Birānsīb |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | سان تومئ وه پرینسیپی / San-Tome və Prinsipi | San-Tome və Prinsipi |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | سان تۆمە و پرینسیپە / San Tome û Prînsîpe | San Tome û Prînsîpe |
| Persian | fas | سائو تومه و پرنسیپ / Sâo Tomevo Paransip / Sâo Tome va Paransip | Sâo Tomevo Paransip, Sâo Tome va Paransip |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ساو ٹومی تے برنسپی | Sāv Ṫōmī te Prinsipī |
| Dari | prs | ساو تومی و پرینسیپی | Sāv Tōmē va Prīnsīpē |
| Pashto | pus | ساو تومې او پرينسيپې | Sāw Tōme au Prīnsīpe |
| Uyghur | uig | سان تومې ۋە پرىنسىپى / San Tomé we Prinsipi / Сан-Томе вә Принсипи | San Tomé we Prinsipi |
| Urdu | urd | ساؤ توم و پرنسیپ, ساؤ ٹوم و پرنسیپ | Sāʾu Tōm va Prinsīp, Sāʾu Ṫōm va Prinsīp |
| Dhivehi | div | ސައޮ ތޯމޭ އަދި ޕުރިންސިޕޭ | Sao Tōmē adi Purinsipē |
| Hebrew | heb | סאו־טומה ופרינסיפה, סאו־תומה ופרינסיפה | Saʾō-Ṭōmeh ū-Prīnsīpeh, Saʾō-Tōmeh ū-Prīnsīpeh |
| Ladino | lad | סאנטו טומי אי פרינסיפי / Santo Tome i Prinsipe | Santo Tome i Prinsipe |
| Yiddish | yid | סאַו טאָמע און פּרינציפּע | Sau Tome un Principe |
| Amharic | amh | ሳን ቶሜ እና ፕሪንሲፔ | San Tome əna Prinsipe |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Σάο Τομέ και Πρίγκιπας, Σάο Τομέ και Πρίνσιπε | Sáo Tomé kai Prígkipas, Sáo Tomé kai Prínsipe |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἅγιος Θωμᾶς καὶ Πρίγκιπος, Σάο Τομὲ καὶ Πρίνσιπε | Hágios Ṯōmãs kaì Prígkipos, Sáo Tomè kaì Prínsipe |
| Armenian | hye | Սան Տոմե և Պրինսիպի, Սան Թոմե և Փրինսիփի, Սեո Թոմ և Փրինսիփ | San Tome yev Prinsipi, San T̕ome yev P̕rinsip̕i, Seo T̕om yev P̕rinsip̕ |
| Georgian | kat | სან-ტომე და პრინსიპი, საო-ტომე და პრინსიპი | San-Tome da Prinsipi, Sao-Tome da Prinsipi |
| Mingrelian | xmf | სან-ტომე დო პრინსიპი | San-Tome do Prinsipi |
| Hindi | hin | साओ तोमे और प्रिन्सीप, साउ-तोम-प्रिंसिप, साओ टोम-प्रिंसिप | Sāo Tome ôr Prinsīp, Sāu-Tom-Priṃsip, Sāo Ṭom-Priṃsip |
| Marathi | mar | साओ टोमे व प्रिन्सिप | Sāo Ṭome wa Prinsip |
| Bengali | ben | সাও তোমা ও প্রিন্সিপি, সাঁউ তুমে ও প্রিঁসিপি | Sāo Tomā o Prinsipi, Sā̃u Tume o Prĩsipi |
| Gujarati | guj | સાઓ ટોમે અને પ્રિન્સિપે | Sāo Ṭome ane Prinsipe |
| Odia | ori | ସାଓ ଟୋମେ ଏବଂ ପ୍ରିନ୍ସିପ | Sāo Ṭome ebôṃ Prinsip |
| Punjabi | pan | ਸਾਓ ਟੋਮੀ ਐਂਡ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸਪੀ | Sāo Ṭomī æṃḍ Prĩsapī |
| Sinhala | sin | සාඕ ටොමේ සහ ප්රින්සිපේ | Sāō Ṭomē saha Prinsipē |
| Kannada | kan | ಸಾವೊ ಟೋಮೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸಿಪೆ | Sāvo Ṭōme mattu Prinsipe |
| Malayalam | mal | സാഒ ടോമെ പ്രിന്സിപ്പെ, സാവോ ടോം ആന്റ് പ്രിന്സിപ്പെ | Sāo Ṭōme Prinsippe, Sāvō Ṭōṃ ānṟ Prinsippe |
| Tamil | tam | சாவோ தோமேயும் பிரின்ஸிபேயும் | Cāvō Tōmēyum Piriṉsipēyum |
| Telugu | tel | సావొటోమ్ ప్రిన్సిపె | Sāvoṭōm Prinsipe |
| Chinese | zho | 聖多美和普林西比/圣多美和普林西比 | Shèng Duōměi hé Pǔlínxībǐ |
| Japanese | jpn | サントメ・プリンシペ | Santome-Purinshipe |
| Korean | kor | 상투메프린시페 | Sangtume Peurinsipe |
| Tibetan | bod | སའོ་ཊོ་མེ་དང་པི་རིན་སི་པ། | Sa'o. To.me. daṅ. Pi.rin.si.pa |
| Burmese | mya | ဆေတိုမီနှင့်ပရင်စီပီ | Sʰe Tomi hnĩ́ Páẏĩsipi |
| Thai | tha | เซาโตเมและปรินซิเป, เซาโตเมและปรินซิปี, เซาตูเมและปรินซิปี | Saw Tōmē læ Prinsipē, Saw Tōmē læ Prinsipī, Saw Tūmē læ Prinsipī |
| Khmer | khm | សៅតូមនិងព្រីនស៊ីព, សៅតូមេនិង ព្រីនស៊ីប | Sau Tūm niṅ Prīnsīp, Sau Tūme niṅ Prīnsīb |
Latin translates both saints, Sanctus Thomas et Princeps; Spanish has Santo Tomé y Príncipe, and Arabic and Persian give several spellings side by side.
02 · NamesU+00E3 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
São Tomé e Príncipe, Santo Tomé, Sanctus Thomas
The country is named after its two islands, São Tomé, Saint Thomas, and Príncipe, the prince. In Portuguese, the official language, the state is the República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe, and the adjective is são-tomense. Italian, Interlingua and Romansh keep the Portuguese spelling unchanged.
English drops the diacritics, and ISO 3166-1 follows: its short name is Sao Tome and Principe. German keeps the Portuguese names and changes only the conjunction, São Tomé und Príncipe; French writes São Tomé-et-Principe with hyphens. Chinese renders the name by sound, 聖多美和普林西比 (Shèng Duōměi hé Pǔlínxībǐ), while Latin translates it, Sanctus Thomas et Princeps.
São Tomé in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Sao Tome | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Swedish | deu / ltz / nds / hun / por / swe | São Tomé | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Turkmen | aze / tuk | San-Tome / Сан-Томе | San-Tome |
| Aragonese | arg | San Tomé | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Santu Tomé | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Sao Tome / Сао Томе / ساۉ تۉمە | Sao Tome |
| Esperanto | epo | Sao-Tomeo | same as written |
| French, Irish | fra / gle | Sao Tomé | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Sveti Toma | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Sao Tomê | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Santome | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | San Tomė | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Sao Tomé / Сао Томе | Sao Tomé |
| Malay | msa | Sao Tome / ساو تومي | Sao Tome |
| Slovak | slk | Svätý Tomáš | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Sao Tome / Сао Томе | Sao Tome |
| Samogitian | smg | San Tuomė | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Santo Tomé | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Saun Tomé | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | San-Tome / Сан-Томе / سەن-تامې | San-Tome |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian | bul / mon | Сан Томе | San Tome |
| Russian, Ukrainian | rus / ukr | Сан-Томе | San-Tome |
| Bashkir | bak | Сан-Томе / San-Tome | San-Tome |
| Belarusian | bel | Сан-Таме / San-Tamie, Сан-Тамэ / San-Tame | San-Tamie, San-Tame |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Сан-Томе / سان-تومە / San-Tome | San-Tome |
| Serbian | srp | Сао Томе / Sao Tome | Sao Tome |
| Tatar | tat | Сан-Томе / San-Tome / سان-تومې | San-Tome |
| Tajik | tgk | Сан-Томе / سن تامه / San-Tome | San-Tome |
| Arabic | ara | ساوتومي, ساو تومي, سان تومي, ساو توم | Sāwtūmī, Sāw Tūmī, Sān Tūmī, Sāw Tūm |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | سان تومئ / San-Tome | San-Tome |
| Persian | fas | سائو تومه / Sâo Tome | Sâo Tome |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ساو ٹومے | Sāv Ṫōme |
| Pashto | pus | ساو تومې | Sāw Tōme |
| Uyghur | uig | سان تومې / San Tomé / Сан-Томе | San Tomé |
| Urdu | urd | ساؤ توم, ساؤ ٹوم | Sāʾu Tōm, Sāʾu Ṫōm |
| Hebrew | heb | סאו־טומה, סאו־תומה | Saʾō-Ṭōmeh, Saʾō-Tōmeh |
| Yiddish | yid | סאַו טאָמע | Sau Tome |
| Amharic | amh | ሳን ቶሜ | San Tome |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Σάο Τομέ | Sáo Tomé |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἅγιος Θωμᾶς, Σάο Τομέ | Hágios Ṯōmãs, Sáo Tomé |
| Armenian | hye | Սան Տոմե, Սան Թոմե | San Tome, San T̕ome |
| Georgian | kat | სან-ტომე | San-Tome |
| Hindi | hin | साओ तोमे, साउ-तोम, साओ टोम | Sāo Tome, Sāu-Tom, Sāo Ṭom |
| Marathi | mar | साओ तोमे | Sāo Tome |
| Nepali | nep | साओ-टोम | Sāo-Ṭom |
| Bengali | ben | সাও তোমা, সাও টোমে | Sāo Tomā, Sāo Ṭome |
| Punjabi | pan | ਸਾਓ ਟੋਮੀ | Sāo Ṭomī |
| Kannada | kan | ಸಾವೊ ಟೋಮೆ | Sāvo Ṭōme |
| Malayalam | mal | സാഒ ടോമെ | Sāo Ṭōme |
| Tamil | tam | சாவோ தோமே | Cāvō Tōmē |
| Telugu | tel | సావొ టొమ్ | Sāvo Ṭom |
| Chinese | zho | 聖多美/圣多美 | Shèng Duōměi |
| Japanese | jpn | サントメ | Santome |
| Korean | kor | 상투메 | Sangtume |
| Burmese | mya | ဆေတိုမီ | Sʰe Tomi |
| Thai | tha | เซาโตเม, เซาตูเม, ซาวน์โตเม | Saw Tōmē, Saw Tūmē, Sāw[n] Tōmē |
| Khmer | khm | សៅតូម, សៅតូមេ | Sau Tūm, Sau Tūme |
French and Irish drop the tilde, Sao Tomé; Spanish uses Santo Tomé, Russian and Ukrainian Сан-Томе.
The six districts and the autonomous region of Príncipe
ISO 3166-2:ST lists six districts on the island of São Tomé and the Autonomous Region of Príncipe. Until November 2020 ISO coded only two provinces, one for each island; the districts themselves have existed since 1980.
| ISO 3166-2 | Portuguese | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island of São Tomé distritos6 | ||||
| ST-01was ST-S | Distrito de Água Grande | Água Grande | São ToméSão Tomé | 2020 Coded since November 2020; before, the island of São Tomé was one province, ST-S |
| ST-02was ST-S | Distrito de Cantagalo | Cantagalo | SantanaSantana | 2020 Coded since November 2020; before, the island of São Tomé was one province, ST-S |
| ST-03was ST-S | Distrito de Caué | Caué | São João dos AngolaresSão João dos Angolares | 2020 Coded since November 2020; before, the island of São Tomé was one province, ST-S |
| ST-04was ST-S | Distrito de Lembá | Lembá | NevesNeves | 2020 Coded since November 2020; before, the island of São Tomé was one province, ST-S |
| ST-05was ST-S | Distrito de Lobata | Lobata | GuadalupeGuadalupe | 2020 Coded since November 2020; before, the island of São Tomé was one province, ST-S |
| ST-06was ST-S | Distrito de Mé-Zóchi | Mé-Zóchi | TrindadeTrindade | 2020 Coded since November 2020; before, the island of São Tomé was one province, ST-S |
| Island of Príncipe região autónoma1 | ||||
| ST-P | Região Autónoma do Príncipe | Príncipe | Santo AntónioSanto António | 2020 ISO category changed from province to autonomous region |
Codes and ISO names: ISO 3166-2:ST on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:ST, checked 28 October 2026 (change of 24 November 2020). District capitals: Wikipedia's Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe, checked the same day.
05 · Districts
Two islands, seven units
The capital city São Tomé lies in Água Grande, the smallest district by area and the most populous. Príncipe, the smaller island, has been an autonomous region since 29 April 1995 and is administered from Santo António. The list of provinces that ISO used until 2020 knew only the two islands, with São Tomé and Santo António as their capitals.
06 · Questions
Questions about the names and districts of Sao Tome and Principe
What is the official name of Sao Tome and Principe?
República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe in Portuguese, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe in English.
What are the ISO codes of Sao Tome and Principe?
ST (alpha-2), STP (alpha-3) and 678 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.
How is the country divided?
Into six districts on São Tomé, ST-01 to ST-06, and the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, ST-P.