Time Difference:
UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Airports:
2
Travel Climate:
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
Travel Currency:
dobra (STD)
Languages:
Portuguese (official)
Ethnic Groups:
mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)
National Holiday:
Independence Day, 12 July (1975)
Geographic Coordinates:
1 00 N, 7 00 E
Location:
Central Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, just north of the Equator, west of Gabon