Equatorial Guinea, formally the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a nation situated on the west shore of Central Africa, with a region of 28,000 square kilometers (11,000 sq mi). In the past the state of Spanish Guinea, its post-autonomy name inspires its area close both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. Central Guinea is the main sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. Central Guinea comprises of two sections, an isolated and a territory area. The isolated district comprises of the islands of Bioko (earlier Fernando P贸) in the Gulf of Guinea and Annob贸n, a little volcanic island which is the main piece of the nation south of the equator. Bioko Island is the northernmost piece of Equatorial Guinea and is the site of the nation's capital, Malabo. The Portuguese talking island country of S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe is situated among Bioko and Annob贸n. The territory locale, R铆o Muni, is flanked by Cameroon on the north and Gabon on the south and east. It is the area of Bata, Equatorial Guinea's biggest city, and Ciudad de la Paz, the nation's arranged future capital. Rio Muni additionally incorporates a few little seaward islands, for example, Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico. Since the mid-1990s, Equatorial Guinea has turned out to be one of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest oil makers. It is the most extravagant nation per capita in Africa.

Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the region of Bioko Norte. It is situated on the north bank of the island of Bioko, in the past known by the Bubis, its indigenous occupants, as Etul谩, and as Fernando P贸 by the Europeans. The city has a populace of roughly 187,302 occupants. Malabo is the most seasoned city in Equatorial Guinea. Numerous structures in the city are worked in a frontier style, dating from the seasons of Spanish principle, existing together with current structures worked since freedom. The downtown roads have a square structure, with passerby zones. This wonder causes a sentiment of design weakened by the low stature of structures in a mix of compositional Westernization and Africanism. Ciudad de la Paz is an arranged city as of now under development in territory Equatorial Guinea which was intended to supplant Malabo as the capital.