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  Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country in West Middle Africa, one of the smallest in continental Africa.
It is bordered by 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 is the smallest country, in terms of population, in continental Africa (Seychelles and São Tomé and Príncipe are smaller).
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 Equatorial Guinea (11/06)
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.
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 Equatorial Guinea - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Equatorial Guinea severed its diplomatic ties with Spain in 1977.
UN: Equatorial Guinea requests permission to intervene in proceedings of Cameroon and Nigeria.
UN: ICJ authorizes Equatorial Guinea to intervene in cacase of boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria.
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 Equatorial Guinea: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
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 (2005 est.
Dictator and Diplomat.(President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea)
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 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is on the west coast of equatorial Africa, bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the south and east.
Equatorial Guinea declares itself a multiparty democracy, although in practice it is a dictatorship under the leadership of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE).
Eighty percent of Equatorial Guinea's population is Roman Catholic.
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 Geography of Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Satellite image of Equatorial Guinea, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map Library
Bioko Island, called Fernando Po until the 1970s, is the largest island in the Gulf of Guinea - 2,017 square kilometers (780 sq.
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 Birds & birding in Equatorial Guinea, Bioko & Annobon
Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country in West Africa with a mainland section, Rio Muni and 5 inhabited islands in the Gulf of Guinea.
The capital of Equatorial Guinea is Malabo on the island of Bioko which is 34 km from the Cameroon mainland.
The island of Annobón is the smallest island in the chain and is 565 km south-west of Bioko and 340 km from the mainland of Gabon.
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 Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Equatorial Guinea consists of several small islands off the Cameroon coast and a small section of the African mainland between Gabon and Cameroon.
The judiciary in Equatorial Guinea is heavily controlled by the State, and the government severely restricts the freedoms of the press and of speech.
Equatorial Guinea is one of the fastest growing economies in the world due to its recently discovered large reserves of oil and gas.
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 Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Equatorial Guinea, the only former Spanish colony in sub-Saharan Africa, has emerged in recent years as the continent's third-largest oil producer, but its social indicators remain poor.
Equatorial Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s received foreign assistance from numerous bilateral and multilateral donors.
Equatorial Guinea consists of a hilly mainland and the volcanic islands of Bioko and Annobon.
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 Equatorial Guinea - Country Profile
Equatorial Guinea consists of a larger continental part (Río Muni), bordering to Cameroon in the north an Gabon to the south and east.
Equatorial Guinea was proclaimed an independent republic in October 1968, and Macias took office as its president.
The President's Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) controls the judiciary and the legislature, the latter also through elections in March that were widely criticized as seriously flawed by the international community.
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 ipedia.com: Equatorial Guinea Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It borders on Cameroon, Gabon, and the Gulf of Guinea.
The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Rio Muni.
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.
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 Equatorial Guinea Overview | Equatorial Guinea Tour Guide | iExplore.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Belying its troubled political past, Equatorial Guinea is a country of luscious vegetation and beautiful scenery, including tropical forests and snow-capped volcanoes.
Despite being a mainly 'undiscovered' country with a history of human rights' abuses, Equatorial Guinea's financial fortunes appear to be looking up of late, following the discovery of oil and gas deposits in the Gulf of Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea is bordered to the south and east by Gabon, to the north by Cameroon and to the west by the Gulf of Guinea.
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 Equitorial Guinea Geography
Equatorial Guinea is located in Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon.
The continental portion known as Rio Muni constitutes 92 percent of the landmass, while 22 percent of the population lives on Bioko Island.
The terrain of the country includes coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic.
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 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Equatorial Guinea including economic and travel overviews and ...
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 telephone system in Equatorial Guinea is quite poor with the existing phone lines being just adequate enough for government communication.
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.
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 Equatorial Guinea - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: Equatorial Guinea is located on the west coast of West Central Africa.
It is bound by Cameroon to the north, Gabon to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
In Aug. 1992 Thomas Metcheba Fernandez, secretary-general of the Socialist Party of Equatorial Guinea urged countries of a "long-standing democratic tradition" to intervene against Pres.
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 AllRefer.com - Conakry (Equatorial Guinea Political Geography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
1,091,483), capital of Guinea and its Conakry region, SW Guinea, a port on the Atlantic Ocean.
Located on Tombo island and connected with the mainland by a causeway, Conakry is Guinea's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center.
Its economy revolves largely around the port, which has modern facilities for handling and storing cargo, and from which Guinea's chief exports, alumina and bananas, are shipped.
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 Equatorial Guinea | General Tourist Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
As an impoverished African backwater, Equatorial Guinea attracted little international attention, and the EU – the country’s principal source of aid in recent years – had all but given up on it.
Secondly, the revival of independence aspirations on the island of Bioko (formerly Fernando Po), which is part of Equatorial Guinean territory and hosts most of the new oil and gas facilities.
Foreign visitors (especially Europeans) are a comparative rarity in Equatorial Guinea and are liable to be met with curiosity and, possibly, suspicion.
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 Equatorial Guinea Travel Information
Background: 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 from 190 years of Spanish rule in 1968.
Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, the 1996 presidential and 1999 legislative elections were widely seen as being flawed.
In 2001, there were about 280 Americans residing in Equatorial Guinea.
www.motherearthtravel.com /equatorial_guinea/index.htm   (441 words)

  
 Guide to Spanish-speaking countries: Equatorial Guinea by Jorge W Suazo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Equatorial Guinea has a land area of 17,433 square miles -- slightly larger than the state of Maryland.
Equatorial Guinea remains culturally rooted to Spain and participates in several aspects of Spanish life.
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea was a territory of Portugal from 1471 to 1778.
www.georgiasouthern.edu /~suazoj/eqguin.htm   (584 words)

  
 Maps Of Equatorial Guinea
The Map Machine - Map of Equatorial Guinea - From the National Geographic Society - The map features on this website are absolutely outstanding - These dynamic maps allow you to zoom in or zoom out, you can drag in the map to recenter, or to enlarge.
Free Blank Outline - Map of Equatorial Guinea - A free blank outline map of the country of Equatorial Guinea to print out for educational, school, or classroom use from Geography Guide Matt Rosenberg.
VirtualTourist.com - Map of Equatorial Guinea - Access this atlas, with a solid outline graphic of the country, plus messages and photos from other people, and a guide to lodging and dining.
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We suggest that everyone travelling to this part of the world take an Equatorial Guinea map and an Equatorial Guinea travel guide.
An Equatorial Guinea travel guide will help you understand the cultures and take advantage of the advice and experience acquired from other travelers who have been there before you.
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 Geography Of Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
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 Search Results for "Equatorial Guinea Internet"
Background:Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule.
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 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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 NationMaster - Statistics on Equatorial Guinea. 797 facts and figures, stats and information on Equatorial Guinean ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil exporter.
Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, there have been few improvements in the population's living standards.
plz i want ot inform of the wide abuse of hauman rights in guinea equatorial.particularly directed at forigners mostly from nigera and ghana.
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 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Equatorial Guinea - Relations with U.S.
Under the current arrangement, the U.S. Ambassador in Yaounde remains concurrently accredited to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
President Obiang has strived to cultivate the Equatorial Guinea-U.S. relationship with regular visits to the U.S. for meetings with senior government and business leaders.
The 2003 U.S. State Department Human Rights report on Equatorial Guinea cited shortcomings in basic human rights, political freedom, and labor rights.
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 Geography of Equatorial Guinea Details, Meaning Geography of Equatorial Guinea Article and Explanation Guide
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 List of cities in Equatorial Guinea - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This is a list of cities in Equatorial Guinea, arranged by population.
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