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🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji
The São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji 🇸🇹 is the two-letter flag sequence for ST. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters ST instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji means
São Tomé and Príncipe is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off Central Africa. The flag has green and yellow horizontal bands, a red triangle on the hoist and two black stars. Independence from Portugal on July 12, 1975 is the national holiday. It is one of Africa's smallest countries and is known for cocoa, so the chocolate emoji often goes with the flag.
About 200,000 people live there. The emoji is used occasionally, mostly by the diaspora in Portugal and in cocoa and travel posts.
How to type the São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "São Tomé & Príncipe" or "flag". On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel. Note that Windows shows the two letters ST instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, S and T, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- 🇸🇹🍫 for cocoa and chocolate
- 🇸🇹🌋 for volcanic peaks
- 🇸🇹🏝️ for island holiday
- 🇸🇹🇵🇹 for the Portuguese-speaking link
São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F8 U+1F1F9 |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇸🇹 |
| CSS | \1F1F8\1F1F9 |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf9 |
| Python | \U0001F1F8\U0001F1F9 |
| Shortcode | :flag_st: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter S + regional indicator symbol letter T |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji FAQ
Why does the São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so 🇸🇹 appears as the letters ST. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the São Tomé & Príncipe flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as ST in apps that use Windows fonts, but other people on iPhone or Android will see the flag. Some apps, such as Discord, draw their own flag images.
What is the code for São Tomé and Príncipe?
The code is ST. The accent marks are not used in the code, so you can type S and T as regional indicator letters.
What do the stars on the São Tomé and Príncipe flag mean?
The two black five-pointed stars represent the country's two main islands, São Tomé and Príncipe. The red triangle stands for equality. Green, yellow and red are the Pan-African colors, shared with Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, which also show a black star.
What flag is 🇸🇹?
🇸🇹 is the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe: green, yellow and green horizontal bands in a 2:3:2 ratio, a red triangle at the hoist and two black stars on the yellow band. It was adopted on 12 July 1975, when the country became independent from Portugal.
Who designed the São Tomé and Príncipe flag?
The first president, Manuel Pinto da Costa, designed it. It was adopted on 12 July 1975, the day of independence from Portugal, and is nearly identical to the flag of the independence movement MLSTP, except for the 2:3:2 band widths.