Obo National Park

Obo Natural Park
Area	290 km²
Created	2006

Obo Natural Park or Ôbo Natural Park (Portuguese: Parque Natural Ôbo) is a natural park of São Tomé and Príncipe, covering some 235 km² (30% of the island) of São Tomé Island in its south and 65 km² of Príncipe Island. Despite its name, it has the category of national park of the IUCN. On the larger island, it covers the districts of Me-Zochi, most of Lemba and the much of Caué The name etymology is of Angolan origin.

Its park logo has a green seal with the park name Obô it and has a blue label on the bottom reading Natural Park, in Portuguese: Parque Natural.

The natural park was established in 2006 and is the country's only protected area at the national level. Now there is another protected area created in 2012 and is the Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve and is at the international level.

Pico Cão Grande is located in the southern-central part of the park on the island of Sao Tomé and rises dramatically in a needle-like shape over 300 metres (980 ft) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 663 metres (2,175 ft) above sea level.

Several places inside the park includes Bombaim which is next to the nation's tallest summit. It has the island's southernmost point along with the country's at Ilhéu das Rolas.

The park is known internationally amongst conservationists for its biologically rich dense virgin rainforests. It is also characterized by a wide range of biotopes, from lowland and mountain forests, to mangroves and savanna area, which contribute to its unique ecosystem. The park includes virgin Atlantic high altitude rainforest and secondary rainforest (known to locals as capoeira) which contains abandoned plantations.

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