Equatorial Guinea 25 Facts Information Pictures
25 Interesting Facts About Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea 25 Facts, Information, Pictures
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1. In 1471, Portuguese
navigator Fernao do Po sights the island of Fernando Poo, which is now called
Bioko.
2. In 1777, Portuguese
cedes islands of Annobon and Fernando Poo as well as rights on the mainland
coast to Spain, giving it access to a source of slaves.
3. Spanish Guinea, in 1968
was granted independence and becomes the Republic of Equatorial Guinea with
Francisco Macias Nguema as president.
4. Equatorial Guinea
gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule
5. The country is named
for the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and
stretches north to the Sahel; the "equatorial" refers to the fact
that the country lies just north of the Equator.
6. Equatorial Guinea is
one of the smallest countries in Africa consisting of a mainland territory and
five inhabited islands.
7. The capital of
Malabo is located on the island of Bioko, approximately 25 km from the
Cameroonian coastline in the Gulf of Guinea however, a new capital of Oyala is
being built on the mainland near Djibloho; Malabo is on the island of Bioko.
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8. Equatorial Guinea
has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore
oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa's third
largest oil exporter.
9. Equatorial Guinea the
wealth is distributed very unevenly and few people have benefited from the oil
riches.
10. Location in Central
Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon.
11. Equatorial
Guinea is the 146 largest country in the world by Area.
12. Population
759,451 (July 2016 est.)
13. Santa Isabel which
last erupted in 1923, is the country's only historically active volcano; Santa
Isabel, along with two dormant volcanoes, form Bioko Island in the Gulf of
Guinea.
14. Equatorial
Guinea population with electricity; 66%, urban areas: 93% and rural areas: 48%.
15. Equatorial
Guinea government maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast
media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the
president's eldest son, 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio
station owned by the president's eldest son.
16. Languages
spoken Spanish (official) 67.6%, other includes French (official), Fang, Bubi
32.4% (1994 census).
17. Equatorial
Guinea is one of the smallest and least populated countries in continental
Africa and is the only independent African country where Spanish is an official
language.
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18. Equatorial
Guinea official name is Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Republica de Guinea
Ecuatorial in Spanish and in French République de Guinée équatoriale.
19. Equatorial
Guinea former name is Spanish Guinea.
20. The principal
religion in Equatorial Guinea is Roman Catholics 93%, other 5% and 2% Islam.
21. Equatorial
Guinea ranked 138 out of 188 countries on the United Nations Human Development
Index in 2015.
22. Vice-president
Teodorin Obiang Nguema is the son of the country's president, Teodoro Obiang
Nguema.
23. Teodoro
Obiang Nguema, is Africa's longest-serving leader, in power since 1979.
24. Switzerland
Prosecutors in In November 2016, seized luxury cars belonging to the
vice-president Teodorin Obiang Nguema, who they are investigating for
corruption.
25. In 1979, Teodoro
Obiang Nguema seized power from President Francisco Macias Nguema, who was the
leader at independence and whose rule prompted a mass exodus and thousands of
deaths. After a Military Tribunal on September 24, 1979, Francisco Macias Nguema
was tried and executed by a Moroccan Army firing squad at Black Beach Prison.
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