How to identify São Tomé and Príncipe in GeoGuessr?

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São Tomé and PríncipeDemocratic Republic

clues 6Updated 2024-03-29

Basics ▾Importance

LanguagePortuguese

Driving sideDrives on the right

Domain.st

Easily confused with:Nigeria

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Whole area4

Clues that work anywhere in this area

Utility Pole★★★

Utility poles resemble those in Portugal or Brazil.

Examples1 2 3See alsoPortugal Brazil

Google Car★★★

Image quality is poor, with a large blur visible over the Google Car.

Photo coming soonGoogle Car

Language & Script★★★

Portuguese is spoken here, and the signs found are nearly identical to those in Portugal.

Narrowing down the city2

Once you know the region: which city or town

Islands

Other★★★

It's probably São Tomé Island if you see a black Google Car, yellow taxis, a tall mountain, or a road with a median strip despite being out in the suburbs. There are also many cocoa, coffee, and sugarcane plantations.

Examples1 2 3

Landscape★★★

Príncipe Island's highest peak is about 950 m. The mountainous southern half is a nature reserve with very few residents.

Examples1 2 3

By Antoniodabreu - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Basics

General facts about this place

The smallest country in Africa, made up of volcanic islands in the Gulf of Guinea^[ref]
A former Portuguese colony that was once the world's largest producer of cocoa^[ref]

Nearby areas

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