Outline of Equatorial Guinea

The Flag of Equatorial Guinea

The Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea

The location of Equatorial Guinea

An enlargeable map of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Equatorial Guinea:

Equatorial Guinea – sovereign country located on the Gulf of Guinea in Middle Africa.^[1] It is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa, and comprises two regions: Río Muni, continental region including several offshore islands; and Insular Region containing Annobón island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and Bioko island (formerly Fernando Po) that contains the capital, Malabo.

General reference

An enlargeable relief map of Equatorial Guinea

• Pronunciation: /ɛkwəˈtɔəriəl ˈɡɪni/ or /iːkwəˈtɔəriəl ˈɡɪni/
• Common English country name: Equatorial Guinea
• Official English country name: The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectives: Equatorial Guinean, Equatoguinean
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Equatorial Guinea
• International rankings of Equatorial Guinea
• ISO country codes: GQ, GNQ, 226
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GQ
• Internet country code top-level domain: .gq

Geography

• Equatorial Guinea is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • Central Africa
  • Time zone: West Africa Time (UTC+01)
  • Extreme points of Equatorial Guinea
    • High: Pico Basile 3,008 m (9,869 ft)
    • Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 539 km

 Gabon 350 km

 Cameroon 189 km

• Coastline: Gulf of Guinea 296 km

• Population of Equatorial Guinea: 507,000 - 164th most populous country
• Area of Equatorial Guinea: 28,051 km²
• Atlas of Equatorial Guinea

Environment

An enlargeable satellite image of continental Equatorial Guinea

• Climate of Equatorial Guinea
• Ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea
• Renewable energy in Equatorial Guinea
• Geology of Equatorial Guinea
• Protected areas of Equatorial Guinea
  • Biosphere reserves in Equatorial Guinea
  • National parks of Equatorial Guinea
• Wildlife of Equatorial Guinea
  • Fauna of Equatorial Guinea
    • Birds of Equatorial Guinea
    • Mammals of Equatorial Guinea

Natural geographic features

• Glaciers in Equatorial Guinea: none ^[2]
• Islands of Equatorial Guinea
• Lakes of Equatorial Guinea
• Mountains of Equatorial Guinea
  • Volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea
• Rivers of Equatorial Guinea
  • Waterfalls of Equatorial Guinea
• Valleys of Equatorial Guinea
• World Heritage Sites in Equatorial Guinea: None

Regions

Main article: Regions of Equatorial Guinea

Ecoregions

Main article: Ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Equatorial Guinea

• Provinces of Equatorial Guinea

Provinces

Municipalities

• Capital of Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
• Cities of Equatorial Guinea

Demography

Main article: Demographics of Equatorial Guinea

Government and politics

Main article: Government of Equatorial Guinea and Politics of Equatorial Guinea

• Form of government: presidential republic
• Capital of Equatorial Guinea: Malabo

• Elections in Equatorial Guinea
• Political parties in Equatorial Guinea

Branches of the government

Executive branch

• Head of state: President of Equatorial Guinea,
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea,
• Cabinet of Equatorial Guinea

Legislative branch

• Parliament of Equatorial Guinea (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Equatorial Guinea
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Equatorial Guinea

Judicial branch

• Supreme Court of Equatorial Guinea

Foreign relations

• Diplomatic missions in Equatorial Guinea
• Diplomatic missions of Equatorial Guinea

International organization membership

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Union (AU) Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) (associate) Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc (FZ) Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Organization of American States (OAS) (observer) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order

Main article: Law of Equatorial Guinea

• Constitution of Equatorial Guinea
• Crime in Equatorial Guinea
• Human rights in Equatorial Guinea
  • LGBT rights in Equatorial Guinea
  • Freedom of religion in Equatorial Guinea
• Law enforcement in Equatorial Guinea

Military

Main article: Military of Equatorial Guinea

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Equatorial Guinea
• Forces
  • Army of Equatorial Guinea
  • Navy of Equatorial Guinea
  • Air Force of Equatorial Guinea
  • Special forces of Equatorial Guinea
• Military history of Equatorial Guinea
• Military ranks of Equatorial Guinea

History

Main article: History of Equatorial Guinea, Timeline of the history of Equatorial Guinea, and Current events of Equatorial Guinea

• Military history of Equatorial Guinea

Culture

Main article: Culture of Equatorial Guinea

• Architecture of Equatorial Guinea
• Cuisine of Equatorial Guinea
• Festivals in Equatorial Guinea
• Languages of Equatorial Guinea
• Media in Equatorial Guinea
• National symbols of Equatorial Guinea
  • Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea
  • Flag of Equatorial Guinea
  • National anthem of Equatorial Guinea
• People of Equatorial Guinea
• Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea
• Records of Equatorial Guinea
• Religion in Equatorial Guinea
  • Christianity in Equatorial Guinea
  • Hinduism in Equatorial Guinea
  • Islam in Equatorial Guinea
  • Judaism in Equatorial Guinea
  • Sikhism in Equatorial Guinea
• World Heritage Sites in Equatorial Guinea: None

Art

• Art in Equatorial Guinea
• Cinema of Equatorial Guinea
• Literature of Equatorial Guinea
• Music of Equatorial Guinea
• Television in Equatorial Guinea
• Theatre in Equatorial Guinea

Sports

Main article: Sport in Equatorial Guinea

• Football in Equatorial Guinea
• Equatorial Guinea at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure

Main article: Economy of Equatorial Guinea

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 115th (one hundred and fifteenth)

• Agriculture in Equatorial Guinea
• Banking in Equatorial Guinea
  • National Bank of Equatorial Guinea
• Communications in Equatorial Guinea
  • Internet in Equatorial Guinea
• Companies of Equatorial Guinea
• Currency of Equatorial Guinea: Franc
  • ISO 4217: XAF
• Energy in Equatorial Guinea
  • Energy policy of Equatorial Guinea
  • Oil industry in Equatorial Guinea
• Health care in Equatorial Guinea
• Mining in Equatorial Guinea
• Equatorial Guinea Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Equatorial Guinea
• Transport in Equatorial Guinea
  • Airports in Equatorial Guinea
  • Rail transport in Equatorial Guinea
  • Roads in Equatorial Guinea

Education

Main article: Education in Equatorial Guinea

Health in Equatorial Guinea

See also

• All pages beginning with "Equatorial Guinea"
• All pages with titles containing Equatorial Guinea
• All pages beginning with "Equatorial Guinean"
• All pages with titles containing Equatorial Guinean
• Index of Equatorial Guinea-related articles
• List of Equatorial Guinea-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

References

1. "Equatorial Guinea". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
2. The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Equatorial Guinea