Outline of Equatorial Guinea
The location of Equatorial Guinea
An enlargeable map of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Equatorial Guinea:
Equatorial Guinea – sovereign country located on the Gulf of Guinea in Middle Africa.[1] It is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa, and comprises two regions: Río Muni, continental region including several offshore islands; and Insular Region containing Annobón island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and Bioko island (formerly Fernando Po) that contains the capital, Malabo.
General reference
An enlargeable relief map of Equatorial Guinea
- Pronunciation: /ɛkwəˈtɔəriəl ˈɡɪni/ or /iːkwəˈtɔəriəl ˈɡɪni/
- Common English country name: Equatorial Guinea
- Official English country name: The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectives: Equatorial Guinean, Equatoguinean
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Equatorial Guinea
- International rankings of Equatorial Guinea
- ISO country codes: GQ, GNQ, 226
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GQ
- Internet country code top-level domain: .gq
Geography
Main article: Geography of Equatorial Guinea
- Equatorial Guinea is: a country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Africa
- Time zone: West Africa Time (UTC+01)
- Extreme points of Equatorial Guinea
- High: Pico Basile 3,008 m (9,869 ft)
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 539 km
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- Coastline: Gulf of Guinea 296 km
- Population of Equatorial Guinea: 507,000 - 164th most populous country
- Area of Equatorial Guinea: 28,051 km2
- Atlas of Equatorial Guinea
Environment
An enlargeable satellite image of continental Equatorial Guinea
- Climate of Equatorial Guinea
- Ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea
- Renewable energy in Equatorial Guinea
- Geology of Equatorial Guinea
- Protected areas of Equatorial Guinea
- Biosphere reserves in Equatorial Guinea
- National parks of Equatorial Guinea
- Wildlife of Equatorial Guinea
- Fauna of Equatorial Guinea
Natural geographic features
- Glaciers in Equatorial Guinea: none [2]
- Islands of Equatorial Guinea
- Lakes of Equatorial Guinea
- Mountains of Equatorial Guinea
- Rivers of Equatorial Guinea
- Waterfalls of Equatorial Guinea
- Valleys of Equatorial Guinea
- World Heritage Sites in Equatorial Guinea: None
Regions
Ecoregions
- Main article: Ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea
Administrative divisions
Administrative divisions of Equatorial Guinea
Provinces
Main article: Provinces of Equatorial Guinea
Municipalities
- Capital of Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
- Cities of Equatorial Guinea
Demography
Demographics of Equatorial Guinea
Government and politics
- Form of government: presidential republic
- Capital of Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
- Elections in Equatorial Guinea
- Political parties in Equatorial Guinea
Branches of the government
Main article: Government of Equatorial Guinea
Executive branch
- Head of state: President of Equatorial Guinea,
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea,
- Cabinet of Equatorial Guinea
Legislative branch
- Parliament of Equatorial Guinea (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Equatorial Guinea
- Lower house: House of Commons of Equatorial Guinea
Judicial branch
- Supreme Court of Equatorial Guinea
Foreign relations
Main article: Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea
International organization membership
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a member of:[1]
Law and order
Law of Equatorial Guinea
- Constitution of Equatorial Guinea
- Crime in Equatorial Guinea
- Human rights in Equatorial Guinea
- LGBT rights in Equatorial Guinea
- Freedom of religion in Equatorial Guinea
- Law enforcement in Equatorial Guinea
Military
- Command
- Commander-in-chief:
- Ministry of Defence of Equatorial Guinea
- Commander-in-chief:
- Forces
- Army of Equatorial Guinea
- Navy of Equatorial Guinea
- Air Force of Equatorial Guinea
- Special forces of Equatorial Guinea
- Military history of Equatorial Guinea
- Military ranks of Equatorial Guinea
History
- Main article: History of Equatorial Guinea, Timeline of the history of Equatorial Guinea, and Current events of Equatorial Guinea
- Military history of Equatorial Guinea
Culture
- Architecture of Equatorial Guinea
- Cuisine of Equatorial Guinea
- Festivals in Equatorial Guinea
- Languages of Equatorial Guinea
- Media in Equatorial Guinea
- National symbols of Equatorial Guinea
- People of Equatorial Guinea
- Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea
- Records of Equatorial Guinea
- Religion in Equatorial Guinea
- Christianity in Equatorial Guinea
- Hinduism in Equatorial Guinea
- Islam in Equatorial Guinea
- Judaism in Equatorial Guinea
- Sikhism in Equatorial Guinea
- World Heritage Sites in Equatorial Guinea: None
Art
- Art in Equatorial Guinea
- Cinema of Equatorial Guinea
- Literature of Equatorial Guinea
- Music of Equatorial Guinea
- Television in Equatorial Guinea
- Theatre in Equatorial Guinea
Sports
Economy and infrastructure
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 115th (one hundred and fifteenth)
- Agriculture in Equatorial Guinea
- Banking in Equatorial Guinea
- National Bank of Equatorial Guinea
- Communications in Equatorial Guinea
- Companies of Equatorial Guinea
- Currency of Equatorial Guinea: Franc
- Energy in Equatorial Guinea
- Energy policy of Equatorial Guinea
- Oil industry in Equatorial Guinea
- Health care in Equatorial Guinea
- Mining in Equatorial Guinea
- Equatorial Guinea Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Equatorial Guinea
- Transport in Equatorial Guinea
- Airports in Equatorial Guinea
- Rail transport in Equatorial Guinea
- Roads in Equatorial Guinea
Education
Education in Equatorial Guinea
Health in Equatorial Guinea
Main article: Health in Equatorial Guinea
See also
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Spanish language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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French language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Main article: Equatorial Guinea
- All pages beginning with "Equatorial Guinea"
- All pages with titles containing Equatorial Guinea
- All pages beginning with "Equatorial Guinean"
- All pages with titles containing Equatorial Guinean
- Index of Equatorial Guinea-related articles
- List of Equatorial Guinea-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
- 1 2 "Equatorial Guinea". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
Wikimedia Atlas of Equatorial Guinea
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