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Príncipe (ˈprɪnsᵻpə,_-peɪ; ˈpɾĩsɨpɨ) is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census; the latest official estimate (at May 2018) was 8,420. The island is a heavily eroded volcano speculated to be over three million years old, surrounded by smaller islands including Ilheu Bom Bom, Ilhéu Caroço, Tinhosa Grande and Tinhosa Pequena.
São Tomé and Príncipe (ˌsaʊ_təˈmeɪ...ˈprɪnsᵻpə,_-peɪ ; São Tomé e Príncipe (sɐ̃w tuˈmɛ i ˈpɾĩsɨpɨ); English: "Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about apart and about off the northwestern coast of Gabon.