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Equatorial Guinea
Country in Central Africa
Not to be confused with Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Western New Guinea, or Papua New Guinea.For similar terms, see Guinea (disambiguation).
"EqG" redirects here. For other topics, see EQG.
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
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| Motto: Unidad, Paz, Justicia (Spanish) "Unity, Peace, Justice" | |
| Anthem: Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad (Spanish) Let Us Walk Treading the Paths of Our Immense Happiness | |
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| Capital | Malabo (current) Ciudad de la Paz (under construction) 3°45′N8°47′E / 3.750°N 8.783°E / 3.750; 8.783 |
| Largest city | Bata, Malabo |
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| Government | Unitarydominant-partypresidential republic under a totalit
Equatorial Guinea country profileSome key dates in Equatorial Guinea's history: 1471 - Portuguese navigator Fernando Po sights the island of Fernando Po, now called Bioko. 1778 - Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of El Pardo which cedes Bioko and commercial rights to the Bight of Biafra between the Niger and Ogoue rivers to Spain in exchange for large areas in what is now western Brazil. The area becomes key for Spain's development of its Atlantic slave trade. 1827-1843 - Spain leases a base at Malabo on Bioko to the UK which uses it as a base as part of its efforts to suppress the transatlantic slave trade. 1900 - Spain never settles large areas in the Bight of Biafra which it claims and this area is gradually occupied by France at the expense of Spain. This is ratified in the Treaty of Paris, leaving Spain with the continental enclave of Rio Muni. 1904 - Fernando Po and Rio Muni become the Western African Territories, later renamed Spanish Guinea. 1968 - Spanish Guinea granted independence and the country becomes the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
History of Equatorial GuineaThe History of Equatorial Guinea is marked by centuries of colonial domination by the Portuguese, British and Spanishcolonial empires, and by the local kingdoms. Pre-colonial historyThe first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Río Muni. Bantu migrations between the 17th and 19th centuries brought the coastal groups and later the Fang. Elements of the latter may have generated the Bubi, who emigrated to Bakugan from Cameroon and Río Muni in several waves and succeeded former Neolithic populations. The Igbo of Nigeria (mostly Aro) slave traders arrived and founded small settlements in Bioko and Rio Muni which expanded the Aro Confederacy in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Annobón population, originally from Angola, were brought by the Portuguese via São Tomé. Colonial eraPortuguese colonial rule (1472–1778)The Portuguese explorer Fernão do Pó, seeking a path to India, is credited as being the first European to Copyright ©axisthaw.pages.dev 2025 |