Equatorial Guinea

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Equatorial Guinea#

Equatorial Guinea flag

Equatorial Guinea consists of a continental territory and five inhabited islands; it is one of the smallest countries by area and population in Africa.

Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979).

Facts#

Capital

Malabo; note - Malabo is on the island of Bioko; some months of the year, the government operates out of Bata on the mainland region.

Region

Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon

Area

total : 28,051 sq km; land: 28,051 sq km; water: 0 sq km

Population

1,795,834 (2024 est.)

Languages

Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Fa d’Ambo spoken in Annobon) 32.4% (1994 est.)

Currency

Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)

Time zone

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Refugees#

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

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