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Chapters: Malabo, Spanish Guinea, List of Cities in Equatorial Guinea, San Antonio de Palé, Luba, Equatorial Guinea, Mongomo, Cocobeach, Ebebiyín, Cogo, Equatorial Guinea, Evinayong, Mbini, Rebola, Moca, Equatorial Guinea, Bolondo, Mengomeyén, Bight of Bonny, Malabo International Airport, Cameroon Line, Río Muni, Black Beach, Elobey, Annobón and Corisco, Acalayong, Bata Airport, Nsemensoc, Abaamang, Pico Basilé, Provinces of Equatorial Guinea, Acurenam, Aconibe, Litoral Province, Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests, Acoacán, Centro Sur Province, Kié-Ntem Province, Bioko Norte Province, Bioko Sur Province, Wele-Nzas Province, Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, Komo River, Benito River, Islote Horacio. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 102. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Malabo -The city was first founded by the British in 1827, who leased the island from Spain during the colonial period. Named Port Clarence, it was used as a naval station in the effort to suppress the slave trade. Many newly freed slaves were also settled there, prior to the establishment of Liberia as a colony for freed slaves. While many of them later relocated to Sierra Leone, some of their descendants, called Fernandinos, can still be found in Malabo and the surrounding area, where they constitute a distinct ethnic group, speaking their own Afro-Portuguese pidgin dialect. When the island reverted to complete Spanish control, Malabo was renamed Santa Isabel. It was chosen to replace the mainland town of Bata as the capital of the country in 1969, and was renamed Malabo in 1973 as part of President Francisco Macías Nguema's campaign to replace European place names with "authentic" African ones. During his "reign of terror," Macías Nguema led a near-genocide of the country's Bubi minority, which formed the majorit...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=48823 ... Read more

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Chapters: Central African Mangroves, List of Islands of Equatorial Guinea, Río Muni, List of Ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Geography of Equatorial Guinea -Equatorial Guinea's land boundaries total 539 km. It borders Cameroon (189 km) in the north and Gabon (350 km) in the east and south. Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) The climate of both the continental region and the islands is typically equatorial, with high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and much cloud cover most of the year. Local variations are due to differences in altitude and proximity to the sea. The wet seasons in the continental region are from February to June and from September to December. Rainfall is higher on the coast than inland. In Bata the rainiest months are September, October, and November, with rainfall averaging more than 94 in (2,388 mm) a year. At Calatrava, farther south on the coast, it sometimes reaches 180 in (4,572 mm). Inland, however, rainfall diminishes; Mikomeseng, for example, receives only about 58 in (1,473 mm). The average annual temperature is about 79 °F (26.1 °C) and is fairly constant throughout the year. The temperature maxima are somewhat lower than in Bioko. The relative humidity, however, is higher than in Bioko. Bioko has a rather debilitating climate. The so-called dry season lasts from November to March, and the rest of the year is rainy. The average annual temperature of about 77 °F (25 °C) varies little throughout the year. Afternoon temperatures reach the high 80s °F (low 30s °C) and drop to only about 70 °F (21.1 °C) at night. Most of the time the sky is cloudy and overcast. Extreme rainfall occurs in the south, with rain brou...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9368 ... Read more

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Equatorial Guinea, officially theRepublic of Equatorial Guinea is a country located in Central Africa. With an area of 28,000 km2 it is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa. It has a population estimated at half a million. It comprises two parts: a Continental RegionRío Muni, including several small offshore islands like Corisco, Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico; and an Insular Region containing Annobón island and Bioko island formerly Fernando Po where the capital Malabo is situated. Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the east is the mainland region. Equatorial Guinea is bordered by Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west, where the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe is located between Bioko and Annobón. Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post independence name is suggestive of its location near both the equator and the Gulf of Guinea. ... Read more