Malabo

Malabo () is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Equatorial Guinea, locatit on the northren coast o Bioko Island (formerly Fernando Pó) on the rim o a sunken volcano.Malabo at britannica.com

 History 
The ceety wis first foondit bi the Breetish in 1827, who leased the island frae Spain durin the colonial period.  Named Port Clarence, it wis uised as a naval station in the effort tae suppress the slave trade.  Mony newly freed slaves wur an aa settled thare, prior tae the establishment o Liberie as a colony for freed slaves.  While mony o them later relocatit tae Sierra Leone, some o thair descendants, cawed Fernandinos, can still be foond in Malabo an the surroondin aurie, whaur thay constitute a distinct ethnic group, speakin thair awn Afro-Portuguese pidgin dialect.

When the island revertit tae complete Spaingie control, Malabo wis renamed Santa Isabel. It wis chosen tae replace the mainland toun o Bata as the caipital o the kintra in 1969, an wis renamed Malabo in 1973 as pairt o Preses Francisco Macías Nguema's campaign tae replace European place names wi "authentic" African anes.

 Notes 


Category:Bioko Island
Category:Bioko Norte Province
Category:Caipitals in Africae
Category:Populatit coastal places in Equatorial Guinea
Category:Populatit places established in 1827
Category:Populatit places in Equatorial Guinea
Category:Port ceeties in Africae