Equatorial Guinea tourist information with details
about travel to and around the country. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with
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Countries neighbouring Equatorial Guinea are: Cameroon and Gabon.
Weather in Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea consists of a mainland segment south of Cameroon
and north of Gabon; along with the islands of Bioko and Annobón and the islets of
Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico - in the Gulf of Guinea.
The island of Fernando Po, present day Bioko Island, was sighted
by the Portuguese navigator, Fernão do Po, in 1471.
Portugal ceded the island to Spain in 1778, and then with the
permission of the Spanish government, Great Britain maintained a naval station at Fernando
Po and administered the island from 1827 until 1844.
Sixty years later Fernando Po and Río Muni became known as the
Spanish Territories of the Gulf of Guinea, or Spanish Guinea.
The territory gained independence as the republic of Equatorial Guinea
on October 12, 1968.
Formerly Santa Isabel, on the north coast of Bioko Island, Malabo
is the capital of Equatorial Guinea, even though the island lies closer to Cameroon.
The city was founded by the British as Clarencetown in 1827, and was
used as a base for suppressing the slave trade.
The Spanish renamed it Santa Isabel, and made it the capital of
Spanish Guinea. The present name of Malabo was ratified in 1973.
All visitors to Equatorial Guinea require a visa, except nationals
of the USA.
Travellers should obtain the latest information and details from their
nearest Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Embassies of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Cameroon:
BP 277, Yaoundé.Tel: (237) 21 08 04.
Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in France:
6 rue Alfred de Vigny, 75008 Paris.
Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Nigeria:
P.O.Box 4126, Lagos. Tel: (234 1) 269 12 11.
Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington,
D.C:
1511 K Street, N.W., Suite 405, Washington DC.
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