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 ipedia.com: Equatorial Guinea Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Bantu migrations between the 17th and 19th centuries brought the coastal tribes and later the Fang.
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is located in west central Africa.
Those in the northern part of Rio Muni speak Fang-Ntumu, while those in the south speak Fang-Okah; the two dialects are mutually unintelligible.
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 Politics of Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(The Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island (MAIB) which advocates independence for the island under Bubi control, is one of the offshoots of the era immediately preceding independence).
The current court system, which often uses customary law, is a combination of traditional, civil, and military justice, and it operates in an ad hoc manner for lack of established procedures and experienced judicial personnel.
Equatorial Guinea is divided in 7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Equatorial_Guinea   (1562 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
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.
Formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Guinea, the country's territory (continentally known as Río Muni) includes a number of islands, including the sizable island of Bioko where the capital, Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel), is located.
The Bubi, who constitute 15 percent of the population, are indigenous to Bioko Island.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Equatorial_Guinea   (2209 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Bordered by Cameroon and Gabon, Equatorial Guinea's mainland region is separated by the Bight of Biafra from the island of Bioko to the northwest.
Bioko is made up of three extinct volcanoes, the loftiest of which is c.9,870 ft (3,010 m) high.
The population of Bioko is primarily made of the Bubi (the oldest of the modern-day inhabitants), descendants of slaves from W Africa liberated by the British in the 19th cent., and Nigerians and Fangs who migrated there in the 20th cent.
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 Politics of Equatorial Guinea
Ethnically based parties in Rio Muni favored independence for a united country comprising Bioko and Rio Muni, an approach that ultimately won out.
(The Movimiento para la Auto-determinacion de la Isla de Bioko[?] (MAIB) which advocates independence for the island under Bubi control, is one of the offshoots of the era immediately preceding independence).
Although Equatorial Guinea lacks a well-established democratic tradition comparable to the developed democracies of the West, it has progressed toward developing a participatory political system out of the anarchic, chaotic, and repressive conditions of the Macias years.
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 Administrative divisions - provincia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas...
, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas
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 Provincia de Bioko Sur Travel Forum - VirtualTourist.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
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 Administrative divisions. The World Factbook. 2003
18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*, and Veraguas
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 Provincia de Bioko Sur Travel Guide - Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
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 World Fact Book
10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia
25 regions (regiones, singular - region) and 1 province* (provincia); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Lima*, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali
9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*(Kuna Yala), and Veraguas
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 Equatorial Guinea Government 1989 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
Administrative divisions: 2 provinces (provincias, singular--provincia); Bioko, Rio Muni; there may now be 7 provinces named Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kien-Ntem, Litoral, Wele Nzas
Branches: Constitution provides for president with broad powers, prime minister, unicameral legislature (House of Representatives of the People), and free judiciary
Leader: @m5Chief of State--President (Teodoro) OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (since 3 August 1979); @m5Head of Government--Prime Minister Cristino SERICHE Bioko Malabo (since 15 August 1982); Vice Prime Minister Alejandro ENVORO Ovono (since 22 January 1986)
www.theodora.com /wfb1989/equatorial_guinea/equatorial_guinea_government.html   (246 words)

  
 The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States Central Intelligence Agency eBook by BookRags
Government type: republic in transition to multiparty democracy
Administrative divisions: 7 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas
Constitution: approved by national referendum 17 November 1991; emended January 1995
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2016/305.html   (286 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea
Age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
Partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom
Accounts for 47% of GDP, cash crops - timber and coffee from Rio Muni, cocoa from Bioko; food crops - rice, yams, cassava, bananas, oil palm nuts, manioc, livestock
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