Top 10 Interesting Facts About Equatorial Guinea
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Welcome to Countries Facts and thanks for watching in this Article we will take an in-depth look at one of africa's smallest countries equatorial guinea ecuadorian guinea is a country located on the west coast of central africa and a former colony of spain its post-independence name evokes its location near both the equator and the gulf of guinea equatorial guinea is the only sovereign african state in which spanish is an official language the culture organic consists of two parts and insular and the mainland region the insular region consists of the islands of bioco in the gulf of guinea and anubon a small volcanic island which is the only part of the country south of the equator birko island is the northernmost part of the ecuatorial guinea and it is the site of the country's capital malabo the portuguese speaking island nation of south tomi and principal is located between bioko and anobo the mainland region rio muni is bordered by cameroon on the north and gabon on the south and east it is the location of bata akitayogini's largest city and cues that de la paz the country's planned future capital rio muni also includes several small offshore islands such as korisco elobe grande and elo bay chico the country is a member of the african union francophone opec and the cplp human trafficking is a significant problem the 2012 u.s trafficking in persons report stated that ekateria guinea is a source and destination for women and children subjected to forced level and for sex trafficking the report rates equatorial gain as a government that does not fully comply with minimum standards and is not making significant efforts to do so if you are new here welcome be sure to subscribe to our website and turn on notifications so you don't miss any of our amazing Article.
1 Ekateria guinea has an authoritarian government equatorial guinness government is authoritarian and has one of the worst human rights records in the world consistently ranking amongst the worst of the worst in freedom houses annual survey of political and civil rights reporters without borders ranks president teodoro obiang nguema mbasogo among its predecessors of press freedom the current president of gatewaguini is teodoro obiam the 1982 constitution of victoria guinea gives him extensive powers including naming and dismissing members of the cabinet making laws by decree resolving the chamber of representatives negotiating and ratifying treaties and serving as commander-in-chief of the armed forces prime minister francisco pasquale obama asu was appointed by obiang and operate under powers delegated by the president during the four decades of his role obiang has shown little tolerance for position while the country is nominally a multi-party.
2 Democracy its elections have generally been considered a sham according to human rights watch the dictatorship of president obiang used an oil boom to entrench and enrich himself further at the expense of the country's people since august 1979 some 12 real and perceived unsuccessful coup attempts have occurred to show how dissatisfied many are with the ruling government equatorial guinea has five islands equatorial guinea is on the west coast of central africa the country consists of a main island territory rio muni which is bordered by cameroon to the north and gabon to the east and south and five small islands bioko korisco arnobo a lobby chico the site of the capital of malabu lies about 40 kilometers off the coast of cameroon and noble island is about 350 kilometers west southwest of cape lopez in gabon koresco and the two elope islands are in corisco bay on the border of ryomuni and gabon despite its name no part of the country's territory lies on the equator it is in the northern hemisphere except for the insula and noble province which is about 155 kilometers south of the equator.
3 Ecuador guinea has fair climate equatorial guinea has a tropical climate with distinct wet and dry seasons from june to august real money is dry and buick wet from december to february the reverse of course in between these seasons there is gradual transition rain or mist occurs daily on a noble where a cloudless day has never been registered the temperature at malabar vehicle ranges from 16 to 33 degrees celsius though on the southern mo kapla tool normal high temperatures are only 21 degrees celsius in rio muni the average temperature is about 27 degrees celsius annual rainfall varies from 1930 millimeters add malabao to 10 920 millimeters at eureka bioco bedroom winnie is no more dryer.
4 The ecology of the country is diverse echeterogyny spans several echo regions given that rio muni region lies within the atlantic gujarat coastal forest echo region excelled for patches of central african mangroves on the coast especially in the moone river estuary the cross sanaga bioco costa forest echo region covers most of bjoku and adjacent portions of the cameroon and nigeria on the african mainland and the mount cameroon and bioko montan forest echo regions covering the highlands of bioko and nearby mount cameroon the south thome principe and anabol mois lola and forest echo region covers all of anabol as well as sao tome and principal.
5 Exterior guinness rich economy favors a few before independence coachella guinea exported cocoa coffee and timber not only to its colonial ruler spain but also to germany and the uk but the discovery of large oil reserves in 1996 and its subsequent exploitation contributed to a dramatic increase in government revenue as the catera guinea became one of the largest oil producers in sub-saharan africa forestry farming and fishing are also major components of gdp and subsistence farming predominates from 2000 to 2010 ekaterokini had the highest average annual increase in gdp 17 percent according to the world bank equitably has the highest gross national income per capita of any afghan country 83 times larger than the gni per capita burundi the poorest country despite subsequently becoming the richest country per capita in africa with a gross domestic product adjusted for purchasing power parity per capita ranking 43rd in the world the world is however extremely unevenly distributed with few people benefiting from the oil reaches while others are barely afloat the country ranks 144th on the 2019 human development index with less than half the population having access to clean drinking water and 20 of children dying before the age of five.
6 All equatorial guinean airlines are banned in the eu due to the large oil industry in the country internationally recognized carriers fly to malabo international airport which in may 2014 had several direct connections to europe and west africa there are three airports in the guitar guinea malabo international airport bata airport and the new anomal airport on the island of arnoboro malabu international airport is the only international airport every airline registered in equatorial guinea appears on the list of air carriers prohibited in the european union which means that they are banned from operating services of any kind within the eu however fright carriers provide service from european cities to the capital.
7 The demography is diverse to a lesser degree the population of this beautiful nation is not as diverse as many of its neighboring counterparts in both ethnicity language and religion the majority of the people of ecuatoria guinea are of bound to origin the largest ethnic group the fang is indigenous to the main island and consisted 80 percent of the population and comprised around 67 plants those in the northern part of rio muni speak fang tumu while others in the south speak fang oka the two dialects have differences but are mutually intelligible dialects of fang are also spoken in parts of neighboring cameroon and gabon the boobie who constituted fifteen percent of the population are indigenous to birko island coastal ethnic groups sometimes referred to as norway or plagueiros which means beach people in spanish together comprise five percent of the population the principal religion in the guitar guinea is christianity the faith of 93 percent of the population roman catholics make up the majority of 88 percent while a minority are protestants who make up five percent and two percent of the population follow islam mainly sunni the remaining five percent practice are nimism baja faith and other beliefs.
8 Ekateria guinea is attracting a lot of foreigners a growing number of foreigners from neighboring cameroon nigeria kapon and asians have immigrated to the country as workers on cocoa and coffee plantations other black africans came from liberia angola and mozambique most of the asian populations are chinese with some small amounts of indians echitar guinea has also been a destination for fortune seeking european settlers from britain france germany as well as israelis and moroccans which also live and walk in negotiating all extraction since the 1990s has contributed to a doubling of the population in malabu after independence thousands of vegetarians went to spain while another 100.000 nigeria because of dictatorship of francisco marcia suguema some egyptian ghanaian communities are also found in latin america the united states portugal and france.
9 Ekateria guinea once had the highest illiteracy rates under francisco marcia's education was neglected and few children received any type of education under president obiang the literacy rate dropped from 73 to 13 percent the number of primary school students rose from 65 000 in 1986 to more than 100 000 in 1994. education is free and compulsive for children between the ages of six and the guateral guinea government has partnered with hez corporation and the academy for educational development to establish a 20 million education program for primary school teachers to teach modern child development techniques there are now 51 model schools whose active pedagogy will be a national reform in recent years with change in the economic and political climate and government social agendas several cultural dispersions and literacy organizations have been funded chiefly with the financial support of the spanish government the country has one university the universidad nationale de guinea equatorial with a campus in malabo and the faculty of medicine located in bata on the mainland in 2009 the university produced the first 110 national doctors the bata medical school is supported principally by the government of cuba and staffed by cuban medical educators and physicians.
10 Tourism in equatorial guinea is almost non-existent criteria guinea currently has no unesco world heritage site or tentative sites for the world heritage list the country has also no documented heritage listed in the memory of the world program of unesco not any intangible cultural heritage listed in the unesco intangible cultural heritage list tourist attractions are the colonial quarter in malawi the southern part of the island vehicle where you can hike to the liliadi cascades and to remote beaches to watch nestling turtles bata with its shoreline pacio maritimeo and the tour of liberty montgomery with its basilia the second largest catholic church in africa and the new plant-built capital cudat de la paz there you have it disparas those were the top 10 things you probably didn't know about okay trial guinea thanks for watching this Article.
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