Equatorial Guinea facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Republic of Equatorial Guinea República de Guinea Ecuatorial   République de Guinée équatoriale   República da Guiné Equatorial
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Unity, Peace, Justice"
Anthem: Let us walk the path of our immense happiness
Location of  Equatorial Guinea  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Capital	Malabo 3°45′N 8°47′E / 3.750°N 8.783°E / 3.750; 8.783
Largest city	Bata
Official languages	Spanish French Portuguese
Recognised regional languages	English Fang Mandinka Bubi Myene Annobonese Combe Gujarati Hassaniya Arabic Susu Nzebi Hindi Bambara Igbo Fulani
National language	Spanish (administrative)
Ethnic groups (1994)	85.7% Fang 6.5% Bubi 3.6% Mdowe 1.6% Annobon 1.1% Bujeba 1.4% other (Spanish)
Demonym(s)	Equatoguinean, Equatorial Guinean
Government	Unitary presidential republic
• President	Teodoro Obiang
• Prime Minister	Francisco Pascual Obama Asue
Independence
• from Spain	12 October 1968
Area
• Total	28,050 km2 (10,830 sq mi) (144th)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2009 estimate	676,000 (166th)
• Density	24.1/km2 (62.4/sq mi) (187th)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$24.146 billion
• Per capita	$34,824 (22nd)
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Total	$14.006 billion
• Per capita	$20,200
HDI (2010)	0.538 low · 117th
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (not observed)
Driving side	right
Calling code	240
ISO 3166 code	GQ
Internet TLD	.gq
a. Including Equatoguinean Spanish (Español ecuatoguineano).

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a nation in west central Africa, and one of the smallest countries in Africa. It borders Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west. In the past, it was the Spanish colony of Spanish Guinea. The country's territory is both on the continent and on islands. The continental part is known as Río Muni. On one island, Bioko, is the capital, Malabo.

Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa where Spanish is an official language.

Provinces

Equatorial Guinea is divided into seven provinces (capitals appear in parentheses):

1. Annobón (San Antonio de Palé)
2. Bioko Norte (Rebola)
3. Bioko Sur (Luba)
4. Centro Sur (Evinayong)
5. Kié-Ntem (Ebebiyín)
6. Litoral (Bata)
7. Wele-Nzas (Mongomo)

The provinces are further divided into districts.

Images for kids

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  Portuguese rule in Equatorial Guinea lasted from the arrival of Fernão do Pó (Fernando Pó) in 1472 until the 1778 Treaty of El Pardo

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  Map of the Spanish possessions in 1897, before the Treaty of Paris (1900)

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  Borders after the agreement of 1900 on the land that would become Spanish Guinea, until the independence of 1968

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  Corisco in 1910

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  Inaugural flight with Iberia from Madrid to Bata, 1941

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  Centro Cultural de España (Cultural Centre of Spain) in Malabo

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  Signing of the independence of Equatorial Guinea by the then Spanish minister Manuel Fraga together with the new Equatorial Guinean president Macías Nguema on 12 October 1968

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  Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea in 1968, became a dictator until he was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1979.

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  Obiang and U.S. president Obama with their wives in 2014

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  Gepetrol Tower in Malabo, 2013

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  Torre de La Libertad ("Freedom Tower")

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  Malabo International Airport (Aeropuerto de Malabo in Spanish), en Punta Europa, island of Bioko

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  Equatorial Guinean children of Bubi descent

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  Floral inscription with the name of the country in Spanish in Malabo

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  Santa Isabel Cathedral in Malabo

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  Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Deportes in Spanish)

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  The port of Malabo

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  Edition of the television magazine Malabeando at the Cultural Centre of Spain in Malabo

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  Estadio de Bata in Bata