Equatorial Guinea

**Equatorial Guinea** (Spanish: *Guinea Ecuatorial*; French: *Guinée équatoriale*; Portuguese: *Guiné Equatorial*), officially be de **Republic of Equatorial Guinea** (Spanish: *República de Guinea Ecuatorial*, French: *République de Guinée équatoriale*, Portuguese: *República da Guiné Equatorial*), be country for de west coast of Central Africa, plus area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly de colony of Spanish Guinea, ein post-independence name dey refer to ein location near both de Equator den insyd de African region of Guinea. As of 2021, de country get population of 1,468,777, ova 85% wey be members of de Fang people, de country ein dominant ethnic group. De Bubi people, indigenous to Bioko, be de second largest group at approximately 6.5% of de population.

Equatorial Guinea dey consist of two parts, insular den mainland region. De insular region dey consist of de islands of Bioko (formerly *Fernando Pó*) insyd de Gulf of Guinea den Annobón, small volcanic island wey be de only part of de country south of de equator. Bioko Island be de northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea wey ebe de site of de country ein capital, Malabo. De Portuguese-speaking island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe dey locate between Bioko den Annobón.

De mainland region, Río Muni, Cameroon dey border am for de north den Gabon for de south den east. Ebe de location of Bata, Equatorial Guinea ein largest city, den Ciudad de la Paz, de country ein planned future capital. Rio Muni sanso dey include several small offshore islands, such as Corisco, Elobey Grande, den Elobey Chico. De country be member of de African Union, Francophonie, OPEC den de CPLP.

## Geography
### Ecology

De country get 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 7.99/10, wey dey rank am 30th globally out of 172 countries.


File:Annobon Island Equatorial Guinea.jpg|Annobon
File:Islotes Horacio 1.JPG|Islote Horacio
File:Dschungel bei Oyala.JPG|Near Ciudad de la Paz
File:Nationalpark Monte Alén.jpg|Monte Alén National Park
File:The Great Bioko mountain.jpg|Pico Basilé


#### Wildlife
Equatorial Guinea be home to gorillas, chimpanzees, various monkeys, leopards, African Buffalo, antelope, elephants, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, den various snakes, wey dey include pythons.


File:Dissotis sp Bioko201310.jpg|Dissotis
File:Soja en Mongomo.png|Soybean
File:Rhampholeon spectrum 63850438.jpg|Spectral pygmy chameleon
File:Yellow-billed Turacos in Equatorial Guinea 2006.jpg|Yellow-billed turaco
File:Gorilla 019.jpg|Western gorilla


### Administrative divisions
Dem divide Equatorial Guinea into eight provinces. De freshest province be Djibloho, dem create am insyd 2017 wey ein headquarters dey Ciudad de la Paz, de country ein future capital. De eight provinces be as follows (numbers dey correspond to dose for de map top; provincial capitals appear insyd parentheses):

# Annobón (San Antonio de Palé)
# Bioko Norte (Malabo)
# Bioko Sur (Luba)
# Centro Sur (Evinayong)
# Djibloho (Ciudad de la Paz)
# Kié-Ntem (Ebebiyín)
# Litoral (Bata)
# Wele-Nzas (Mongomo)

Dem further divide de provinces into 19 districts den 37 municipalities.

## References


## Sources

* D. L. Claret. *Cien años de evangelización en Guinea Ecuatorial (1883–1983) / One Hundred Years of Evangelism in Equatorial Guinea* (1983, Barcelona: Claretian Missionaries).
* Robert Klitgaard. 1990. *Tropical Gangsters*. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-08760-4. A World Bank economist tries to assist pre-oil Equatorial Guinea.
* Max Liniger-Goumaz, *Small Is Not Always Beautiful: The Story of Equatorial Guinea* (French 1986, translated 1989) ISBN 0-389-20861-2.
* Adam Roberts, *The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa* (2006, PublicAffairs) ISBN 1-58648-371-4.

## Read further

* Aixelà-Cabré, Yolanda. *Spain's African Colonial Legacies: Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared* (Brill, 2022) online review Archived 11 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine
* Lewis, Marvin. *An Introduction to the Literature of Equatorial Guinea: Between Colonialism and Dictatorship.* (2007). online Archived 13 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine
* McSherry, Brendan. "The Political Economy of Oil in Equatorial Guinea." *African Studies Quarterly* 8.3 (2006).
* Sundiata, Ibrahim K. *Equatorial Guinea: colonialism, state terror, and the search for stability* (Routledge, 2019). online Archived 13 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine
* Ugarte, Michael. *Africans in Europe: The culture of exile and emigration from Equatorial Guinea to Spain* (University of Illinois Press, 2010) online Archived 13 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine.

## External links
**Equatorial Guinea** at Wikipedia ein sisto projects

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*  at Curlie
* Wikimedia Atlas of Equatorial Guinea
* Official Government of Equatorial Guinea website
* Guinea in Figures – Official Web Page of the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Archived 3 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
* Country Profile from BBC News.
* Equatorial Guinea. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency.
* Equatorial Guinea from *UCB Libraries GovPubs* (archived 7 June 2008)