Explore Equatorial Guinea in Africa - Equatorial Guinea Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Equatorial Guinea with its capital Malabo is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra). It covers some 28,052 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maryland) with 562,000 citizens. Spanish and French are the the languages spoken by people in Equatorial Guinea. It is charing borders with Gabon and Cameroon.
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Forêt Malabo
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Forêt Cacao Malabo
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Forêt équatoriale...
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Вид на город...
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About Equatorial Guinea
The topography features coastal plains rise to interior hills with islands are volcanic. The average density of population is about 20 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with always hot, humid. Potential natural disasters are violent windstorms or flash floods.
To reach someone in Equatorial Guinea dial +240 prior to a number. There are 10,000 installed telephones. And there are 445,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gq". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 8 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Equatorial Guinea
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Equatorial Guinea
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Equatorial Guinea has declined over the last 10 years by 4.3 births per thousand from 40.3 in 2001 to 36 in 2010. Currently, 23,425 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Equatorial Guinea has declined over the last 10 years by 1.9 deaths per thousand from 11.2 in 2001 to 9.3 in 2010. Currently, 6,026 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Equatorial Guinea is growing at an rate of 2.67% (or by 17,400 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.67%. Or an total increase of 17,400 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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