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  MSN Encarta - Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, independent republic in western Africa, consisting of a mainland section called Mbini (formerly Río Muni) on the western coast and the coastal islets of Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico as well as the islands of Bioko (formerly Macías Nguema Biyogo and previously Fernando Póo), and Annobón (Pagalu) in the Gulf of Guinea.
Mainland Equatorial Guinea is bounded on the north by Cameroon, on the east and south by Gabon, and on the west by the Gulf of Guinea.
The capital, largest city, and principal port of Equatorial Guinea is Malabo, formerly Santa Isabel (population, 1995 estimate, 30,000), on the northern coast of Bioko; Bata (1983, 24,100) is the largest town on the mainland.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570644/Equatorial_Guinea.html   (645 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a nation in central Africa, and one of the smallest countries in continental Africa.
It borders Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west, where the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe lie to its southwest.
Equatorial Guinea became officially independent from Spain on October 12, 1968.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Equatorial_Guinea   (1356 words)

  
 Equatorial bulge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An equatorial bulge is a planetological term which describes a bulge which a planet may have around its equator, distorting it into an oblate spheroid.
The Earth has an equatorial bulge of 42.72 km due to the centrifugal force of its rotation.
Because of a planet's equatorial bulge, its gravitational field is weaker at the equator than its poles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Equatorial_bulge   (302 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea (09/05)
Equatorial Guinea suffered a severe human rights setback in May 2002 when a special tribunal convicted 68 prisoners and their relatives and sentenced them 6 to 20 years in prison for an alleged attempted coup d’etat.
Although Equatorial Guinea lacks a well-established democratic tradition comparable to the developed democracies of the West, it should be noted that, out of the anarchic, chaotic, and repressive conditions of the Macias years the country has made small, haphazard steps toward the development of participatory political system.
Equatorial Guinea is estimated to have 2,600 MW of hydropower potential.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7221.htm   (7340 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a nation of Central Africa.
On December 15, 2002 http://allafrica.com/stories/200212160112.html, Equatorial Guinea's four main opposition parties withdrew from the country's presidential election.
As of 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1101-2004Sep6.html, Equatorial Guinea is the third-largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /equatorial_guinea.htm   (1163 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its post-independence name is suggestive of its being situated near both the equator and the Gulf of Guinea.
On December 15, 2002 [1] (http://allafrica.com/stories/200212160112.html), Equatorial Guinea's four main opposition parties withdrew from the country's presidential election.
As of 2004 [4] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1101-2004Sep6.html), Equatorial Guinea is the third-largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Equatorial_Guinea   (1370 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Equatorial Guinea became officially independent from Spain on October 12, 1968 and is nominally a constitutional democracy.
On December 15, 2002 [2], Equatorial Guinea's four main opposition parties withdrew from the country's presidential election.
A November 2004 report [4] named Mark Thatcher as the financial backer of a March 2004 attempt to topple Obiang organized by Simon Mann.
open-encyclopedia.com /Equatorial_Guinea   (1102 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The 1982 constitution of Equatorial Guinea gives the President extensive powers, including naming and dismissing members of the cabinet, making laws by decree, dissolving the Chamber of Representatives, negotiating and ratifying treaties and calling legislative elections.
The President retains his role as commander in chief of the armed forces and minister of defense, and he maintains close supervision of the military activity.
Although pre-independence Equatorial Guinea counted on cocoa production for hard currency earnings, the deterioration of the rural economy under successive brutal regimes has diminished potential for agriculture-led growth.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/e/eq/equatorial_guinea.html   (674 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Equatorial Guinea continues to depend heavily on foreign investment.
Equatorial Guinea severed its diplomatic ties with Spain in 1977.
Spanish plantation owners shut down their operations, foreign investment declined, and the nation suffered a severe drop in population, with some 25,000 to 80,000 of the country’s inhabitants estimated to have been killed by the government.
www.bartleby.com /65/eq/EquatrGu.html   (1348 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Oil makes Equatorial Guinea to Africa's rising star   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Equatorial Guinea -- previously unheard of by corporate America -- has become the fourth largest recipient of US foreign funding, after South Africa, Nigeria and Angola.
Incredibly, Equatorial Guinea's vast reserves of oil remained largely untapped until the mid-1990s.
The International Monetary Fund has called on Equatorial Guinea to implement better fiscal discipline and improve its transparency with independent external audits of the oil sector and full disclosure of details of government bank accounts abroad.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nta25011.htm   (339 words)

  
 afrol News - New oil exploration offshore Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea's GEPetrol is to have a 5 percent carried interest once commerciality has been determined.
Also the Atlas Group is already widely present in Equatorial Guinea, where it already holds three other licenses - on Blocks H, J and P - and operates in several other West African states.
Equatorial Guinea's oil sector is dominated by minor US companies that are obliged to maintain good ties with the country's presidency.
www.afrol.com /articles/13928   (617 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Equatorial Guinea: Oil And Gas Industry - Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Equatorial Guinea's total proven oil reserves are estimated at 1.28 billion barrels.
Equatorial Guinea is situated on the oil rich Gulf of Guinea and comprises the Rio Muni coastal enclave, the island of Bioko and the islands of Annobon, Corisco, Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico.
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have disputed the ownership of three islands in the Gulf of Guinea, including Mbagne Island, since the 1970s.
mbendi.co.za /cyeqoi.htm   (684 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Equatorial Guinea - General Information
The discovery of oil resources in Equatorial Guinea drastically changed the nature of the country’s economy as it had previously consisted chiefly of agriculture.
The security situation in the country is relatively stable and the climate is temperate and suitable for agricultural activities is one of the most promising areas for investors.
Equatorial Guinea has a number of chambers of commerce and industry and details of these can be found via our Organisation Search, as can details of relevant government departments.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/eq/p0005.htm   (1271 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea nominally is a multiparty constitutional republic; however, in practice President Teodoro Obiang Nguema and the small Mongomo sub-clan of the majority Fang tribe, which has ruled since the country's independence in 1968, dominated the Government.
The President's Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) controlled the judiciary and the legislature; the latter was chosen in elections in 1999 that were criticized widely by the international community as seriously flawed.
The leaders of National Resistance of Equatorial Guinea Group reported that their attempts to return to the country were unsuccessful, and there were no reports of returnees during the year.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27725.htm   (7338 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea Country Analysis Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Equatorial Guinea is comprised of a mainland area (Rio Muni province) and a series of small islands, the largest of which, Bioko Island, houses the country's capital, Malabo.
Equatorial Guinea's domestic petroleum consumption is estimated at 2,000 bbl/d, primarily in the form of motor fuel.
Although largely undeveloped, Equatorial Guinea is estimated to have 11,000 MW of hydropower potential, of which 50% is deemed economically recoverable.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/eqguinea.html   (2493 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea remained an economy based largely on agriculture production.
Cocoa and coffee were the main agricultural exports of the 1980s, particularly before the development of the petroleum reserves off the north coast of Bioko, and cocoa is still key for employment.
In late 1999, Equatorial Guinea ceased to be an IDA country and became eligible for IBRD borrowing.
us-africa.tripod.com /eqguinea.html   (571 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its post-independence name is suggestive of its being situated near both the (An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles) equator and the Gulf of Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea is divided into seven (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) provinces:
The majority of the people of Equatorial Guinea are of (A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent) Bantu origin.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/eq/equatorial_guinea.htm   (2060 words)

  
 Business Wire: Equatorial Energy Inc. To Acquire Resolute Energy Corporation
Equatorial Energy Inc. ("Equatorial") (TSE:OZ.) announces that it has entered into an agreement with Resolute Energy Corporation ("Resolute"), a private oil and gas company, pursuant to which Equatorial has agreed to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Resolute.
John Rooney, President and CEO of Equatorial, stated, "The combination of Equatorial and Resolute is an excellent transaction for all of Equatorial's stakeholders.
Equatorial's employees, officers and directors have worked diligently pursuing a value enhancement plan for Equatorial and this transaction is a very significant step in that plan.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_June_3/ai_86622059   (918 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, formerly Spanish Guinea, consists of Río Muni (10,045 sq mi; 26,117 sq km), on the western coast of Africa, and several islands in the Gulf of Guinea, the largest of which is Bioko (formerly Fernando Po) (785 sq mi; 2,033 sq km).
Equatorial Guinea - Equatorial Guinea, officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, republic (1995 est.
Equatorial Guinea: Land and People - Land and People Río Muni, located just north of the equator, is made up of lowland along the...
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 Equatorial Platform Meeting Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For those unfamiliar with the term, an equatorial platform is a low platform that a dobsonian or other scope can be set on (the platform can replace the ground board of a dobsonian mounted telescope).
The purpose of the meeting was for all of us to learn about how an equatorial platform works, examine several sets of plans for building them, and come up with an idea of how to build one of our own.
The major differences in the equatorial platform designs seem to be in the bearings and in the drive mechanism.
www.starastronomy.org /Library/Platform/eqplat1.html   (988 words)

  
 Education (from Equatorial Guinea) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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The republic of Equatorial Guinea consists of Río Muni, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, and the offshore islands of Bioko and Annobon.
In December 2003 news of a power struggle in Equatorial Guinea began to emerge, which seemed to be related to the illness of Pres.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-55162?tocId=55162   (795 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea: Arrests in December 1992 and January 1993
There is now a strong possibility that the United Nations Commission of Human Rights will consider Equatorial Guinea under its agenda item 12 (which deals with violations of human rights in specific countries) during the Commission's 49th session from 3 February to 15 March 1993.
The organization is now calling on the Equatorial Guinean government to release all those in prison on account of their non-violent opposition to the government.
It had been drafted by the government without the participation of the opposition parties and limits the right to be a candidate to those who have resided in Equatorial Guinea continuously for five years, thus excluding many opposition figures who have lived abroad.
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/equatorial_guinea/document.do?id=AAB2057A4113CD8D802569A600602E2F   (1539 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea - HOME PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1470 the Portuguese visited the islands of Equatorial Guinea and settled there until the 18th century when it exchanged lands with Spain.
Equatorial Guinea came out in support of General Franco in the Spanish civil war.
This is one of Africa's smallest nations, which was once part of the Spanish colonies; included in the country are islands named Bioko, Pagalu and the mainland enclave of Mbini.
www.africanet.com /africanet/country/eqguinee   (400 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
More results on "Equatorial Guinea" when you join.
The capital of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo is also the financial center of the republic.
The city is located on the northern edge of Bioko Island 21 miles (34 kilometers) off the coast of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9110779?tocId=9110779   (769 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Equatorial Guinea's road networks, both paved and unpaved, are underdeveloped and unsafe.
Persons violating Equatorial Guinea's laws, even unknowingly, may be expelled, arrested or imprisoned.
Americans living or traveling in Equatorial Guinea are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department's travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov, and to obtain updated information on travel and security within Equatorial Guinea.
travel.state.gov /travel/equatorial_guinea.html   (2386 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Equatorial Guinea News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
By Karen Breytenbach and Beauregard Tromp Most of Equatorial Guinea's 500 000 citizens live on less than a dollar a day, but the playboy son of the country's president has been spending millions in Cape Town on...
Equatorial Guinea's exiled opposition leader Severo Moto is alive and in hiding in Croatia, according to an interview with local media.
www.topix.net /world/equatorial-guinea   (1069 words)

  
 Guidez.net: Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Composed of a mainland portion and five inhabited islands, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled by ruthless leaders who have badly mismanaged the economy since independence.....
Equatorial Guinea's main problem could also be its biggest advantage.
Facts for the Traveler Visas: All visitors to Equatorial Guinea require a visa, which is usually valid for 30 days.
www.guidez.net /place=282/topic=/sight=0   (286 words)

  
 afrol News - Equatorial Guinea News
The demonstrators wanted to call the attention of Spanish authorities to the chaotic political situation and lack of freedom in Equatorial Guinea, a country that hosts the largest numbers of prisoners of conscience in sub-Saharan Africa.
Residents claim that the government is not doing enough to treat the sick and are urging the international community to send humanitarian aid; medicines and health workers.
The confession of Mr Thatcher marks the first credible evidence of the existence of a coup plot against Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema as previous confessions were made in the torture chambers of Equatorial Guinea.
www.afrol.com /countries/equatorial_guinea/news   (1041 words)

  
 Malabo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An unemployed former South African army sergeant denied knowing of any mission to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's president, telling a court today he had been recruited to guard a diamond mine and was not a merce...
Harare - A Zimbabwe judge was expected on Wednesday to begin handing down sentences as the trial of 70 suspected mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea was to resume.
Pretoria - The eight South Africans being held in Equatorial Guinea (EG) on suspicion of plotting...
archive.wn.com /2004/08/25/1400/malabo   (789 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Equatorial guinea
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Equatorial Guinea, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language.
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Basic reference information about Equatorial Guinea, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
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