Provinces of Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea is divided into two regions and eight provinces (Spanish: provincias, French: provinces, Portuguese: províncias).[1][2] The newest province is Djibloho, created in 2017 with its headquarters at Ciudad de la Paz, the country's future capital.[3][4]
Regions
[edit]- Insular Region (capital at Malabo)
- Río Muni (capital at Bata)
Provinces
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Annobón, Bioko Norte and Bioko Sur are in the Insular Region; the other five provinces are in the Continental Region.
| Province | Capital | Population (2015)[5] |
Area (km2)[1][6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annobón | San Antonio de Palé | 5,314 | 17 |
| Bioko Norte | Rebola | 300,374 | 776 |
| Bioko Sur | Luba | 34,674 | 1,241 |
| Centro Sur | Evinayong | 141,986 | 9,931 |
| Kié-Ntem | Ebebiyín | 183,664 | 3,943 |
| Litoral | Bata | 367,348 | 6,666 |
| Wele-Nzas | Mongomo | 192,017 | 5,026 |
| Djibloho | Ciudad de la Paz | – | 453 |
Subdivisions
[edit]The provinces are further divided into 19 districts and 37 municipalities.[7]
See also
[edit]- ISO 3166-2:GQ – Entry for Equatorial Guinea in ISO 3166-2
- List of cities in Equatorial Guinea
- Municipalities of Equatorial Guinea
- Subdivisions of Equatorial Guinea
References
[edit]- ^ a b Law, Gwillim (22 March 2016). "Provinces of Equatorial Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "El Gobierno inicia sus actividades en Djibloho" (in Spanish). PDGE. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "La Presidencia de la República sanciona dos nuevas leyes" (in Spanish). Equatorial Guinea Press and Information Office. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea government moves to new city in rainforest". BBC News. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09.
- ^ http://www.inege.gq/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ANUARIO-ESTADISTICO-DE-GUINEA-ECUATORIAL-2018-.pdf Archived 2022-01-23 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Guinea Ecuatorial en Cifras 2019 [Equatorial Guinea in Figures 2019] (PDF) (in Spanish). Malabo: INEGE. 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
