Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea, offeecially the Republic o Equatorial Guinea (Spaingie: República de Guinea Ecuatorial, pronoonced: [reˈpuβlika ðe ɣiˈne.a ekwatoˈɾjal]; French: République de Guinée Équatoriale, French pronunciation: ​[ʁepyblik də gi'ne ekatɔʁjal]; Portuguese: República da Guiné Equatorial, pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ ɡiˈnɛ ikwɐtuɾiaɫ]) is a kintra locatit in Middle Africae. Wi an aurie o 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi) it is ane o the smawest kintras in continental Africae. It is an aa the maist prosperous; housomeivver, the wealth is concentratit in govrenment an elite haunds, wi 70% o the population livin unner the Unitit Naitions Poverty Threshold o $2/day. It haes a population o 1,014,999. It comprises twa pairts: a Continental Region (Río Muni), includin several smaw affshore islands lik Corisco, Elobey Grande an Elobey Chico; an an insular region containin Annobón island an Bioko island (umwhilie Fernando Po) whaur the caipital Malabo is situatit. Annobón is the sootherenmaist island o Equatorial Guinea an is situatit juist sooth o the equator. Bioko island is the northrenmaist pynt o Equatorial Guinea. Atween the twa islands an tae the east is the mainland region. Equatorial Guinea is bordered bi Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the sooth an east, an the Gulf o Guinea on the wast, whaur the island naition o São Tomé an Príncipe is locatit atween Bioko an Annobón. Umwhilie the colony o Spainyie Guinea, its post-unthirldom name is suggestive o its location near baith the equator an the Gulf o Guinea. It is ane o the few territories in mainland Africae whaur Spaingie is an offeecial leid, besides the Spaingie ceeties o Ceuta an Melilla. Equatorial Guinea is the third smawest kintra in continental Africae in terms o population. It is an aa the seicont smawest Unitit Naitions (UN) member frae continental Africae. The discovery o sizeable petroleum reserves in recent years is alterin the economic an poleetical status o the kintra. Equatorial Guinea haes been citit as an example o the natural resource curse [citation needit]; its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita ranks 31st in the world; housomeivver, maist o the kintra's considerable ile wealth actually lies in the haunds o ae a few fowk. Equatorial Guinea haes ane o the worst human rights records in the warld, consistently rankin amon the "worst o the worst" in Freedom House's annual survey o poleetical an civil rights an Reporters Without Borders ranks Preses Teodoro Obiang amang its "predators" o press freedom. Oot o 44 sub-Saharan kintras, Equatorial Guinea ranks 9t in terms o the Human Development Index (HDI) an 115th oweraw, which is amang the “medium” HDI kintras. Administrative Divisions Equatorial Guinea is dividit intae seiven provinces (caipitals appear in parentheses): Annobón Province (San Antonio de Palé) Bioko Norte Province (Malabo) Bioko Sur Province (Luba) Centro Sur Province (Evinayong) Kié-Ntem Province (Ebebiyín) Litoral Province (Bata) Wele-Nzas Province (Mongomo) The provinces are further dividit intae districts. Notes Freemit airtins General information Country Profile frae BBC News Equatorial Guinea entry at The World Factbook Equatorial Guinea Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine frae UCB Libraries GovPubs Equatorial Guinea at Curlie Wikimedia Atlas o Equatorial Guinea Topographical map Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie) Travel guide tae Equatorial Guinea frae Wikivoyage News media Equatorial Guinea news headline links frae AllAfrica.com Guinea-Ecuatorial.net (Spainyie, some French) Languages Las lenguas de Guinea Ecuatorial: Materiales bibliográficos para su estudio (in Spaingie) Cultural The Bubis of Fernando Po Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine history o first indwallers o Bioko Island, nou an endangered fowl Cultura Bubi Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Cultures de Mon: Los Bubis Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine African Pygmies cultur an muisic o the first indwallers o Equatorial Guinea, wi photos an ethnographic notes Ither Spanish Ministry's Plan for Africa 2006-2008 - (Spaingie), Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación de España. Spanish Ministry's Plan for Africa 2009-2012 - (Spaingie), Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación de España. "Guia Pais: Guinea Ecuatorial" Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine - (Spaingie), bi The Office for Economic an Commercial Affairs, Embassy o Spain in Lagos, Nigerie, Mairch 2004 History of Equatorial Guinea PBS WIDE ANGLE interactive timeline Once Upon a Coup PBS WIDE ANGLE documentary aboot the 2004 coup attempt