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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Equatorial Guinea gĭnˈē [key], officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, republic (2021 est. pop. ...Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro
(Encyclopedia)Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro, 1942–, Equatoguinean military and political leader, president of Equatorial Guinea (1979–). He graduated (1963) from Spain's Zaragoza Military Academy while Equator...Spanish Guinea
(Encyclopedia)Spanish Guinea: see Equatorial Guinea. ...Río Muni
(Encyclopedia)Río Muni: see Equatorial Guinea. ...Santa Isabel
(Encyclopedia)Santa Isabel: see Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. ...Fernando Po
(Encyclopedia)Fernando Po or Fernando Póo: see Equatorial Guinea. ...Guinea, archaic term for Africa's west coast
(Encyclopedia)Guinea gĭnˈē [key], an archaic term for the west coast of Africa. In its widest sense it has been applied to the region from Angola to Senegal. Parts of the region bore names originating in early c...Malabo
(Encyclopedia)Malabo mäläˈbō [key], city (1997 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Bioko island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the chief port and commercial center of Bioko. Fish processing is th...Nguema, Francisco Macias
(Encyclopedia)Nguema, Francisco Macias fränsēsˈkō mäshˈyəs ngwāˈmä [key], 1924–79, first president of Equatorial Guinea (1968–79). Leading the leftist party for independence from Spain, he was vice pr...Cameroons, former German colony
(Encyclopedia)Cameroons, Fr. Cameroun, Ger. Kamerun, former German colony, W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea and extending N to Lake Chad. Germany's penetration of the area began in 1884 and by 1902 its possession wa...Browse by Subject
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