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Country Profile: Equatorial Guinea

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Region: Africa

Capital: Malabo

Population: 836,178

Area Total: 28,050

Area Land: 28,050

Climate: Tropical; always hot, humid.



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Country Overview

Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Bata 173,046 2020
Ebebiyín 24,831 2020
Malabo 155,963 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Africa
Population: 836,178
Area Total: 28,050km2
Area Land: 28,050km2
Coast Line: 296km
Capital: Malabo
Climate: Tropical; always hot, humid.
Languages: Spanish (official), French (official), Creole English (also called pidgin English), Fang, Bubi, and other languages of the Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo and Bantoid linguistic families
Currency: 1 CFAF = 100 centimes
Holiday: Independence Day, 12 October (1968)


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 77.00°F
July: °C / 73.70°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 96.9"


Boundaries
Gabon 350 km
Cameroon 189 km


Ethnic Divisions
Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos) 0.00%
Rio Muni (primarily Fang) 0.00%
Europeans (less than 1,000, mostly Spanish) 0.00%


Religions
Christian 0.00%
Animist, other 0.00%
Roman Catholic 0.00%

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