Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe

🎨 What the flag means

São Tomé and Príncipe's flag has green, yellow and green stripes, a red triangle by the pole, and two black stars on the yellow stripe. The president's office says green, yellow and red are Pan-African colours that stand for the independence movement, the triangle stands for equality, and the two stars stand for the country's two main islands, São Tomé and Príncipe.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

204.3 thousand (2017)

🏙️ Capital

São Tomé71.9 thousand people (2015)

🗣️ Main language

Portuguese

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Cocoa, the bean used to make chocolate, is São Tomé and Príncipe's most important crop.
2. Pico Cão Grande, meaning "Great Dog Peak", is a famous tower-shaped volcanic peak in southern São Tomé.
3. The islands are home to the world's smallest ibis, the São Tomé ibis, and the world's largest sunbird, the giant sunbird.