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.
- »It is the only sovereign African state where Spanish is an official language.
- »The capital, Malabo, sits on an island rather than the mainland.
Equatorial Guinea touches two neighbours: Cameroon to the northeast and Gabon to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Malabo sits on Bioko island rather than the mainland, inside the flooded crater of an extinct volcano. A new capital, Ciudad de la Paz, is being built on the mainland.
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 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.