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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
CONSISTS OF A TWO ISLAND NATION LOCATED IN THE GULF OF GUINEA.  THESE TWO
ISLANDS WERE UNINHABITED UNTIL AROUND 1470, WHEN THE PORTUGUESE ARRIVED.
THE ENGLISH NAMES OF THESE TWO ISLANDS ARE SAINT THOMAS AND PRINCE, THE
LATTER REFERRING TO THE PRINCE OF PORTUGAL.  THE ISLANDS WERE SETTLED IN
1493 AND 1500, RESPECTIVELY.  BY 1515, THE ISLANDS BECAME A SLAVE DEPOT,
EVENTUALLY GAINING INDEPENDENCE IN 1975.  SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE WERE ON THE
ORIGINAL DXCC LIST WITH THE PREFIX CR5, DUE TO ITS PORTUGUESE COLONIZATION.
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