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	History of Equatorial Guinea
		In 1959, the Spanish territory of the Gulf of Guinea was established with status similar to the provinces of metropolitan Spain.
		As the Spanish Equatorial Region, it was ruled by a governor general exercising military and civilian powers.
		In the presence of a UN observer team, a referendum was held on August 11, 1968, and 63% of the electorate voted in favor of the constitution, which provided for a government with a General Assembly and a Supreme Court with judges appointed by the president.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/equatorialguinea.html (834 words)

	History of Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		In 1959, the Spanish territory of the Gulf of Guinea was established with status similar to the provinces of metropolitan Spain.
		In the presence of a UN observer team, a referendum was held on August 11, 1968, and 63% of the electorate voted in favor of the constitution, which provided for a government with a General Assembly and a Supreme Court with judges appointed by the president.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Equatorial_Guinea (1176 words)

	Equatorial Guinea - some historical notes
		Equatorial Guinea is a small Central African country, independent only since 1968, but with so much history that it makes us non-Guineans wonder how a people can have endured.
		Equatorial Guinea was proclaimed an independent republic in October 1968, and Macias took office as its president.
		Bedrock was touched in 1979, as almost one third of the population was in exile and the rest of the former elite had been killed by the regime.
	www.afrol.com /Countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_history.htm (3413 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The area occupied by Guinea today was included in several large West African political groupings, including the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires, at various times from the 10th to the 15th century, when the region came into contact with European commerce.
		Guinea's colonial period began with French military penetration into the area in the mid-19th century.
		France negotiated Guinea's present boundaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the British for Sierra Leone, the Portuguese for their Guinea colony (now Guinea-Bissau), and Liberia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Guinea (407 words)

	Equatorial Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a nation of Central Africa.
		It borders on Cameroon, Gabon, and the Gulf of Guinea.
		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.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/e/eq/equatorial_guinea.html (674 words)

	History (from Equatorial Guinea) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The republic of Equatorial Guinea consists of Río Muni, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, and the offshore islands of Bioko and Annobon.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
		The common domestic guinea fowl of North America (Numida meleagris), introduced by the early settlers, is descended from one of the wild African species.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-129512 (900 words)

	Equatorial Guinea Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		History: The area now occupied by Equatorial Guinea and the island of Bioko was first colonised by the Portuguese in the late 15th century and developed as a major slave market.
		However, the government’s conduct of the election was such that the main opposition movement boycotted the poll, alleging systematic intimidation manipulation.
		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.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/gnq/gnq580.asp (539 words)

	Equatorial Guinea: History
		In 1963, Spain granted the country (renamed Equatorial Guinea) a limited amount of autonomy, and on Oct. 12, 1968, it received complete independence.
		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.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858022.html (754 words)

	Equatorial Guinea <> About Equatorial Guinea: History
		With a long history of intertwining African and European influences, Equatorial Guinea has a rich culture that reflects the many varied contributions of the indigenous people, various colonial powers and religious institutions.
		Referred to as the “Dachau of Africa,” Equatorial Guinea under Macias saw a civilian population terrorized by the government to the point that as much as a third of the nation was executed, exiled or emigrated.
		These findings have generated substantial revenue for Equatorial Guinea, which is being invested in increasing transparency in its financial practices and diversifying its economy, modernizing its infrastructure, strengthening its public health system, and promoting education to build a strong foundation for the future of the country.
	www.guinea-equatorial.com /about.asp (1198 words)

	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.
		The situation in Equatorial Guinea has changed very much for the better with Obiang, although more than twenty years after the coup, very few of the refugees have dared to return to Guinea.
		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.
	www.afrol.com /Countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_profile.htm (3737 words)

	A short history of Equatorial Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Since 1843 the colony also includes Río Muni, an area on the African continent and is alsoknown as Spanish Guinea.
		Spanish Guinea is divided in 1959 into the Spanish overseas provinces of Fernando Póo and Río Muni, but reunited as Equatorial Guinea in 1963.
		In 1968 the country becomes independent as the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
	www.electionworld.org /history/equatorialguinea.htm (256 words)

	Equatorial Guinea: History — Infoplease.com
		Dictator and Diplomat.(President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea)
		The emergence of an agricultural landscape in the highlands of New Guinea.
		Exploiting diversity: plant exploitation and occupation in the interior of New Guinea during the Pleistocene.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0858022.html (856 words)

	American History and World History
		Contact US American History as well as World History is what you find at History's home on the web.
		We have complete time lines of major events in American History as well as World History.We have special sections on diverse subjects ranging from Presidential Elections to Naval History.
		We have completed the history of all us naval ships.
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	AllRefer.com - Guinea, country, Africa : History : Early History (Equatorial Guinea Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The northeastern plains of present-day Guinea belonged to medieval Ghana and later to the Mali empire (see under Mali, History).
		Its name was changed to French Guinea in 1893, and two years later it became part of French West Africa.
		The parallel growth of a radical labor movement led to the rise of SEkou TourE, a union leader who also headed the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), a branch of the intercolonial Rassemblement DEmocratique Africain.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GuineaWAf-history.html (373 words)

	Equatorial Guinea -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Marathon and Government of Equatorial Guinea Announce Agreement to Sell Partial Interest in Equatorial Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas Project.
		Alleged leader of Equatorial Guinea coup plot convicted of weapons offense in Zimbabwe, 66 others acquitted
		A Boy's Own story gone very wrong Equatorial Guinea is a harsh contrast to the lavish pool parties in the South African suburb of Constantia where an alleged coup is said to have been hatched.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/equatrgu_history.asp (1210 words)

	guinea.ca - Guinea History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Guinea pigs are valued both for fur and for food in South America!
		Spain granted the country (renamed Equatorial Guinea) a limited amount of autonomy, and on...
		Tucked away in a small corner of India's National Institute of Communicable Diseases are 100,000 mosquitoes, plague-hit rats, guinea worms and wild birds infected with Japanese Encephalitis.
	www.guinea.ca /Guinea-History/all/search (322 words)

	/History/Africa/Equatorial Guinea - Books at BookPicker.com
		From Slaving to Neoslavery: The Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po in the Era of Abolition, 1827-1930
		Equatorial Guinea: An African Tragedy (American University Studies.
		Equatorial Guinea: Colonialism, State Terror, and the Search for Stability (Westview profiles)
	bookpicker.com /category/History/Africa/Equatorial+Guinea (130 words)

	The contemporary political history of Equatorial Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The contemporary political history of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni)
		The arrests of party activists in Bata—the capital of Equatorial Guinea's mainland province of Rio Muni.
		Detainees held incommunicado in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, for their alleged links with a not yet legalized opposition party, are at risk of dying under torture.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/35/index-kb.html (218 words)

	Equatorial Guinea on the Internet
		New Archaeological Data on the Ancient History of Equatorial Guinea.
		The Council has published an investment guide on Equatorial Guinea, a country with the fourth highest amount of U.S. investments in Africa.
		Piruchi Apo Botupá and her niece Paloma Loribo Apo are from Equatorial Guinea.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/eqg.html (1761 words)

	History - Equatorial Guinea - Africa
		In 1844 the Spanish settled in the area that became the province of Rio Muni.
		In 1904 Fernando Poo and Rio Muni were organized into the Western African Territories, later known as Spanish Guinea.
		On October 12, 1968, the territory became the independent Republic of Equatorial Guinea, with Francisco Macias Nguema as president.
	www.countriesquest.com /africa/equatorial_guinea/history.htm (297 words)

	African Studies Center \| Equatorial Guinea Page
		Equatorial Guinea Embassy in the U.S. World Factbook entry for Equatorial Guinea
		The Country Analysis Briefs (CABs) provide an overview of the energy situation for Equatorial Guinea which has current interest to energy analysts and policy makers.
		The Ethnologue is a catalog of the world's languages including information on alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic information.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/Eq_Guinea.html (213 words)

	Equatorial Guinea : History : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
		From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
		Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
		Provides documents on the teaching and learning of world history from a non-Eurocentric perspective.
	loc.gov /rr/international/amed/eguinea/resources/eguinea-history.html (272 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Guinea Equatorial, ToC
		Equatorial Guinea Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford
		Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Equatorial Guinea, from Kirken i Norge
		Max Liniger-Goumaz, Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea, Metuchen : Scarecrow 1988, 238 pp.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/centrafrica/xgeq.html (205 words)

	OhWowShopping.com: Books > History > Africa > Equatorial Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea: Results of the 1971-1973 Australian Universities' Expeditions to Irian Jaya: Survey, Glaciology, Meteorology
		Equatorial Guinea: Colonialism, State Terror, and the Search for Stability
		Guinea Ecuatorial : historia en blanco y negro : hombres blancos y mujeres negras en Guinea Ecuatorial, 1843-1968
	www.ohwowshopping.com /z-node/4771.html (334 words)

	Travel Guide to Equatorial Guinea - Africa
		Equatorial Guinea lies on the west coast of Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, with Cameroon lying to the north and Gabon to the east and south.
		The most important part of Equatorial Guinea is the island of Bioko which is formed from three extinct volcanoes and the nation's capital, Malabo, is situated here.
		This study guide contains basic information on economy, government, business, history and geography, climate, traditions, people, places to visit.
	www.africaguide.com /country/eguinea (106 words)

	Malabo Equatorial Guinea History
		Malabo was founded by the British in 1827 as Port Clarence, or Clarencetown, until 1840s.It later became the capital of Spanish Guinea and was renamed Santa Isabel and the province of Fernando Póo.
		The country main product has always been raw materials, especially the cocoa, which has been developed since 1906.
		In the images on the left it can be appreciated early 20th Equatorial Guinea, with the drying of cocoa to the sun (1920), the Santa Isable port, Camasa's main office in 1916 facing one of the main arteries of Malabo.
	www.camasa.net /equatorialguinea1903.htm (107 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Guinea Equatorial, since 1968
		Human rights violations continue; tens of thousands of Equatorial Guineans live in exile.
		The young nation, because of rampant inflation, underwent a number of currency reforms; the present currency is the CFA Franc.
		Estimates of Victims of the Nguema Regime (1969-1979), posted by Matthew White, scroll down for Equatorial Guinea
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/centrafrica/guineaeq.html (204 words)

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	Amazon.ca: Books: Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea: 3rd Ed.: 3rd Ed. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea: 3rd Ed.: 3rd Ed.
		In 1983 he was awarded the W. Huber Prize by the Societe de Geographie of Paris for his work.
		Subjects > History > Africa > Equatorial Guinea
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0810833948 (286 words)

	World History Archives: The history of Equatorial Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		World History Archives: The history of Equatorial Guinea
		Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
		Documents for the contemporary political history of Equatorial Guinea
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/34/index-e.html (46 words)

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