Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea, offeecially the Republic o Equatorial Guinea (Spaingie: República de Guinea Ecuatorial, pronoonced: [reˈpuβlika ðe ɣiˈne.a ekwatoˈɾjal]; French: République de Guinée Équatoriale, French pronunciation: ​[ʁepyblik də gi'ne ekatɔʁjal]; Portuguese: República da Guiné Equatorial, pronounced: [ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ ɡiˈnɛ ikwɐtuɾiaɫ]) is a kintra locatit in Middle Africae. Wi an aurie o 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi) it is ane o the smawest kintras in continental Africae. It is an aa the maist prosperous; housomeivver, the wealth is concentratit in govrenment an elite haunds, wi 70% o the population livin unner the Unitit Naitions Poverty Threshold o $2/day. It haes a population o 1,014,999.^[9] It comprises twa pairts: a Continental Region (Río Muni), includin several smaw affshore islands lik Corisco, Elobey Grande an Elobey Chico; an an insular region containin Annobón island an Bioko island (umwhilie Fernando Po) whaur the caipital Malabo is situatit.

Republic o Equatorial Guinea República de Guinea Ecuatorial  (Spaingie) République de Guinée équatoriale  (French) República da Guiné Equatorial  (Portuguese)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto:  "Unidad, Paz, Justicia" (Spaingie) "Unity, Peace, Justice"
Anthem: Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad  (Spaingie) Let us walk the paths of our immense happiness
Location o  Equatorial Guinea  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Caipital	Malabob 3°45′N 8°47′E / 3.750°N 8.783°E / 3.750; 8.783
Lairgest ceety	Bata
Offeecial leids	Spaingie (naitional leid) French Portuguese[1][2]
Recognised regional leids	Fang Bube Igbo Pidgin English Annobonese[3][4]
Ethnic groups (1994[5])	85.7% Fang 6.5% Bubi 3.6% Ndowe 1.6% Annobon 1.1% Bujeba (Kwasio) 1.4% ithersa
Demonym(s)	Equatorial Guinean Equatoguinean
Govrenment	Dominant-pairty presidential republic
• President	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
• Vice Preses	Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
• Prime Meenister	Francisco Pascual Obama Asue
Legislatur	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber o Deputies
Unthirldom
• frae Spain	12 October 1968
Aurie
• Total	28,050 km2 (10,830 sq mi) (144th)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2014 estimate	722,254[6] (150t)
• Density	24.1/km2 (62.4/sq mi) (187t)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$19.286 billion[7]
• Per capita	$25,929[7]
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Tot	$15.580 billion[7]
• Per capita	$20,581[7]
HDI (2014)	0.587[8] medium · 138th
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (nae observed)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+240
ISO 3166 code	GQ
Internet TLD	.gq
Includin Equatoguinean Spainyie (Español ecuatoguineano). Oyala (unner construction).

Annobón is the sootherenmaist island o Equatorial Guinea an is situatit juist sooth o the equator. Bioko island is the northrenmaist pynt o Equatorial Guinea. Atween the twa islands an tae the east is the mainland region. Equatorial Guinea is bordered bi Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the sooth an east, an the Gulf o Guinea on the wast, whaur the island naition o São Tomé an Príncipe is locatit atween Bioko an Annobón. Umwhilie the colony o Spainyie Guinea, its post-unthirldom name is suggestive o its location near baith the equator an the Gulf o Guinea. It is ane o the few territories in mainland Africae whaur Spaingie is an offeecial leid, besides the Spaingie ceeties o Ceuta an Melilla.

Equatorial Guinea is the third smawest kintra in continental Africae in terms o population.^[10] It is an aa the seicont smawest Unitit Naitions (UN) member frae continental Africae. The discovery o sizeable petroleum reserves in recent years is alterin the economic an poleetical status o the kintra. Equatorial Guinea haes been citit as an example o the natural resource curse ^{[citation needit]}; its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita ranks 31st in the world;^[11] housomeivver, maist o the kintra's considerable ile wealth actually lies in the haunds o ae a few fowk.

Equatorial Guinea haes ane o the worst human rights records in the warld, consistently rankin amon the "worst o the worst" in Freedom House's annual survey o poleetical an civil rights^[12] an Reporters Without Borders ranks Preses Teodoro Obiang amang its "predators" o press freedom.^[13]

Oot o 44 sub-Saharan kintras, Equatorial Guinea ranks 9t in terms o the Human Development Index (HDI) an 115th oweraw, which is amang the “medium” HDI kintras.

Administrative Divisions

Equatorial Guinea is dividit intae seiven provinces (caipitals appear in parentheses):

1. Annobón Province (San Antonio de Palé)
2. Bioko Norte Province (Malabo)
3. Bioko Sur Province (Luba)
4. Centro Sur Province (Evinayong)
5. Kié-Ntem Province (Ebebiyín)
6. Litoral Province (Bata)
7. Wele-Nzas Province (Mongomo)

The provinces are further dividit intae districts.