Equatorial Guinea

Key Facts About Equatorial Guinea

• •Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language.
• •Oil discovery in the 1990s made it one of the wealthiest countries in Africa by GDP per capita.
• •The country consists of a mainland region (Río Muni) and five islands.
• •Bioko Island, where the capital Malabo is located, was once a major hub of the transatlantic slave trade.
• •Despite oil wealth, a large portion of the population lives below the poverty line.

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