Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, offeecially the Republic o Equatorial Guinea (Spaingie: República de Guinea Ecuatorial, pronoonced: [reˈpuβlika ðe ɣiˈne.a ekwatoˈɾjal]; French: République de Guinée Équatoriale, French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik də gi'ne ekatɔʁjal]; Portuguese: República da Guiné Equatorial, pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ ɡiˈnɛ ikwɐtuɾiaɫ]) is a kintra locatit in Middle Africae. Wi an aurie o 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi) it is ane o the smawest kintras in continental Africae. It is an aa the maist prosperous; housomeivver, the wealth is concentratit in govrenment an elite haunds, wi 70% o the population livin unner the Unitit Naitions Poverty Threshold o $2/day. It haes a population o 1,014,999.[9] It comprises twa pairts: a Continental Region (Río Muni), includin several smaw affshore islands lik Corisco, Elobey Grande an Elobey Chico; an an insular region containin Annobón island an Bioko island (umwhilie Fernando Po) whaur the caipital Malabo is situatit.
Republic o Equatorial Guinea
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Anthem: Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad (Spaingie) Let us walk the paths of our immense happiness | |
 Location o Equatorial Guinea (dark blue) – in Africa (light blue & dark grey) | |
| Caipital | Malabob 3°45′N 8°47′E / 3.750°N 8.783°E |
| Lairgest ceety | Bata |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie (naitional leid) French Portuguese[1][2] |
| Recognised regional leids | Fang Bube Igbo Pidgin English Annobonese[3][4] |
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| Govrenment | Dominant-pairty presidential republic |
| Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | |
| Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue | |
| Francisco Pascual Obama Asue | |
| Legislatur | Parliament |
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• frae Spain | 12 October 1968 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 28,050 km2 (10,830 sq mi) (144th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 722,254[6] (150t) |
• Density | 24.1/km2 (62.4/sq mi) (187t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $19.286 billion[7] |
• Per capita | $25,929[7] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Tot | $15.580 billion[7] |
• Per capita | $20,581[7] |
| HDI (2014) |  0.587[8]medium · 138th |
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (nae observed) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +240 |
| ISO 3166 code | GQ |
| Internet TLD | .gq |
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Annobón is the sootherenmaist island o Equatorial Guinea an is situatit juist sooth o the equator. Bioko island is the northrenmaist pynt o Equatorial Guinea. Atween the twa islands an tae the east is the mainland region. Equatorial Guinea is bordered bi Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the sooth an east, an the Gulf o Guinea on the wast, whaur the island naition o São Tomé an Príncipe is locatit atween Bioko an Annobón. Umwhilie the colony o Spainyie Guinea, its post-unthirldom name is suggestive o its location near baith the equator an the Gulf o Guinea. It is ane o the few territories in mainland Africae whaur Spaingie is an offeecial leid, besides the Spaingie ceeties o Ceuta an Melilla.
Equatorial Guinea is the third smawest kintra in continental Africae in terms o population.[10] It is an aa the seicont smawest Unitit Naitions (UN) member frae continental Africae. The discovery o sizeable petroleum reserves in recent years is alterin the economic an poleetical status o the kintra. Equatorial Guinea haes been citit as an example o the natural resource curse [citation needit]; its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita ranks 31st in the world;[11] housomeivver, maist o the kintra's considerable ile wealth actually lies in the haunds o ae a few fowk.
Equatorial Guinea haes ane o the worst human rights records in the warld, consistently rankin amon the "worst o the worst" in Freedom House's annual survey o poleetical an civil rights[12] an Reporters Without Borders ranks Preses Teodoro Obiang amang its "predators" o press freedom.[13]
Oot o 44 sub-Saharan kintras, Equatorial Guinea ranks 9t in terms o the Human Development Index (HDI) an 115th oweraw, which is amang the “medium” HDI kintras.
Administrative Divisions
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Equatorial Guinea is dividit intae seiven provinces (caipitals appear in parentheses):
- Annobón Province (San Antonio de Palé)
- Bioko Norte Province (Malabo)
- Bioko Sur Province (Luba)
- Centro Sur Province (Evinayong)
- Kié-Ntem Province (Ebebiyín)
- Litoral Province (Bata)
- Wele-Nzas Province (Mongomo)
The provinces are further dividit intae districts.
Notes
eedit- ↑ Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. "Equatorial Guinea, member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries".
- ↑ PRNewsWire. "Equatorial Guinea Adds Portuguese as the Country's Third Official Language". Retrieved 18 Julie 2015.
- ↑ "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Equatorial Guinea : Overview". UNHCR. 20 Mey 2008. Archived frae the original on 13 Januar 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ Dickovick, James Tyler (2012). Africa 2012. Stryker Post. p. 180. ISBN 1610488822. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ Equatorial Guinea Archived 2020-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Cia World Factbook.
- ↑ "The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Population - CIA". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2015.
- ↑ a b c d "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013". IMF. Retrieved 21 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|1=(help) - ↑ "The official website of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea". Republicofequatorialguinea.net. Archived frae the original on 28 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 3 Mey 2010.
- ↑ Seychelles, The Gambia, Djibouti, Rwanda, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Swaziland, an São Tomé an Príncipe are smawer in terms o aurie, an Djibouti an the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic hae smawer populations, although the population o the latter is disputit
- ↑ CIA World Factbook: GDP - per capita (PPP) Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. Data last updatit on April 23, 2009. Retrieved Aprile 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Freemit airtins
eedit- General information
- Country Profile frae BBC News
- Equatorial Guinea entry at The World Factbook
- Equatorial Guinea Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine frae UCB Libraries GovPubs
- Equatorial Guinea at Curlie
Wikimedia Atlas o Equatorial Guinea- Topographical map Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
Travel guide tae Equatorial Guinea frae Wikivoyage
- News media
- Equatorial Guinea news headline links frae AllAfrica.com
- Guinea-Ecuatorial.net (Spainyie, some French)
- Languages
- Cultural
- The Bubis of Fernando Po Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine history o first indwallers o Bioko Island, nou an endangered fowl
- Cultura Bubi Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Cultures de Mon: Los Bubis Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- African Pygmies cultur an muisic o the first indwallers o Equatorial Guinea, wi photos an ethnographic notes
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- Spanish Ministry's Plan for Africa 2006-2008 - (Spaingie), Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación de España.
- Spanish Ministry's Plan for Africa 2009-2012 - (Spaingie), Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación de España.
- "Guia Pais: Guinea Ecuatorial" Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine - (Spaingie), bi The Office for Economic an Commercial Affairs, Embassy o Spain in Lagos, Nigerie, Mairch 2004
- History of Equatorial Guinea PBS WIDE ANGLE interactive timeline
- Once Upon a Coup PBS WIDE ANGLE documentary aboot the 2004 coup attempt
Coordinates: 1°55′29.34″N 10°06′41.94″E / 1.9248167°N 10.1116500°E
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