São Tomé
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an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western coast of Gabon, just north of the equator: the larger component of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 318 sq. mi. (824 sq. km).
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a city on this island: capital of the republic.
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Pico de the highest mountain on this island, 6,640 feet (2,024 meters).
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The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, and two tugboats that were towing the vessel off the country's eastern coast.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024
The birds live in lower-elevation, old-growth forest on the uninhabited, protected south end of Príncipe, which is one of the two main islands that make up the West African nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022
Afghanistan, Myanmar and São Tomé and Príncipe are all U.N. member-states, but none took the microphone this year.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022
I thought a lot about the spirit of community here on my last day back in São Tomé.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2018
Richard was not sure how long they had waited before boarding their flight at Lisbon, but the wait at São Tomé for a relief flight to Biafra had stretched to seventeen hours.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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