Republic of Equatorial Guinea République de la Guinée Équatoriale · French2 more namesRepública da Guiné Equatorial · PortugueseRepública de Guinea Ecuatorial · Spanish
Capital
Malabo, Ciudad de la Paz (the government sits in Malabo; Ciudad de la Paz is being built inland to replace it)
Region
Middle Africa
Population (2018 est.)
≈ 1.3 million
Area
28,051 km²
Currency
Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Neighbours
Cameroon, Gabon
Internet / phone
.gq · +240
Where it is
Notable facts
Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state where Spanish is an official language.
Its capital, Malabo, sits on the volcanic island of Bioko, not on the mainland.
Oil discoveries in the 1990s made it one of Africa’s highest GDP-per-capita countries, though wealth is very unevenly spread.
Despite the name, no part of the country lies on the equator — the equator passes just south, through its island of Annobón.
