Equatorial Guinea Country Info - Africa

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.

Equatorial Guinea is a small country in West Africa, divided into two parts, the mainland and the islands. A former Spanish colony, it borders Cameroon and Gabon. This country is one of the largest oil producing countries in Sub-Sahara, behind Angola and Nigeria. Since the discovery, the country has flown into economic stardom, but this country remains one of the most corrupt countries in the world, and it is very common to see officials asking for bribes around the corners of the country.

Pictures from Capital (Malabo)

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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 Equatorial Guinea 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 following list are the 8 regions/states in Equatorial Guinea we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Equatorial Guinean population grew at a rate of 2.67% (or by 17,400 citizens). With 6,026 deaths and 23,425 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.67%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of 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.

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.