Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea (officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea) is a country in Middle Africa, with its capital at Malabo, and is home to roughly 1.9M people.
Its official languages are French, Portuguese, Spanish; the currency in circulation is Central African CFA franc (Fr); people from here are called Equatorial Guinean.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »It is the only sovereign African state where Spanish is an official language.
- »The capital, Malabo, is on Bioko island.
> BORDERS_
Equatorial Guinea touches two neighbours: Cameroon to the northeast and Gabon to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Malabo sits on Bioko island, inside the flooded crater of an extinct volcano. A new capital, Ciudad de la Paz, is being built on the mainland.
> SCALE_
26,619 km² (10,278 sq mi), 144th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Haiti.
Population 1,892,516, 148th of 198 on file. That averages 71 per km² (184 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The silk-cotton tree on the coat of arms marks the spot where a treaty was signed with Spain; the six stars are the mainland and five islands.