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Equatorial Guinea, [a] officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, [b] is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea , its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea .
From a family of the Esangui ethnic clan, he was born in the town of Akoacám (Mongomo district, Wele-Nzas province), [4] belonging to the colony of Spanish Guinea, on the current border with Gabon, within the Continental Equatorial Guinea. Son of the Gabonese Santiago Nguema Eneme Obama and María Mbasogo Ngui, Obiang was the third of ten ...
In December 2008, Equatorial Guinea security forces killed a Cameroonian fisherman and abducted two immigrants, Cameroon closed its border in response. [110] Cameroon has an embassy in Malabo and a consulate in Bata. Equatorial Guinea has an embassy in Yaoundé and a consulates-general in Ebolowa and Douala. Chad: Chad has an embassy in Malabo.
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Total: 28,051 km². country rank in the world: 141st. Land: 28,051 km². Water: negligible km². Equatorial Guinea's land boundaries total 539 km. It borders Cameroon (189 km) in the north and Gabon (350 km) in the east and south. Area comparative. Australia comparative: approximately 3 / 7 the size of Tasmania.
Between 1778 and 1810, the territory of Equatorial Guinea was administered by the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, based in Buenos Aires. [1] From 1827 to 1843, the United Kingdom had a base on Bioko to suppress the transatlantic slave trade, [3] which was then moved to Sierra Leone upon agreement with Spain in 1843.
Extreme points of Equatorial Guinea. High: Pico Basile 3,008 m (9,869 ft) Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m. Land boundaries: 539 km. Gabon 350 km. Cameroon 189 km. Coastline: Gulf of Guinea 296 km. Population of Equatorial Guinea: 507,000 - 164th most populous country. Area of Equatorial Guinea: 28,051 km 2.
Ciudad de la Paz (Spanish: [θjuˈdad de la ˈpaθ], lit. 'City of Peace'), formerly Oyala, also known as Djibloho – Ciudad de la Paz, is a city in Equatorial Guinea that is being built to replace Malabo as the national capital. [3][4][5] Established as an urban district in Wele-Nzas in 2015, [6] it is now the administrative headquarters of ...