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COUNTRY FACTS: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Name(official): Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Name(short): Equatorial Guinea
Capital City: Malabo
Location: Western Africa, bordering Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
Coordinate: 2 00 N, 10 00 E
Independence: (From Spain) October 12; 1968.
President: Brig. Gen.(rtd) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (President),
Ricardo Mangue Obama NFUBEA (Prime Minister)
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 28 051sq.km.
Population: 540 109 (July 2006est.)
People: Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1 000 mostly Spanish.
Religion: Christians(mostly Roman catholics), pagan practices.
Languages: Spanish and French (official), Pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo.
Literacy: 85.7%total, 93.3%male, 78.4%female (2003 est.)
Currency: CFAF
GDP(per capita): $50 200 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 4.63%
Agriculture: Coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassva(tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts, livestock, timber.
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay.
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International Phone Code: +240

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

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MAJOR CITIES

Malabo, Bata.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

7 provinces (provincias, singular- provincia): Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie Ntem, Litoral, Wele Nzas.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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