Ebibeyin is a town in the northeastern corner of mainland
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
. It is the capital of the province of
Kié-Ntem
Kié-Ntem is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Ebebiyín.
Kié-Ntem borders the following country subdivisions:
* South Region, Cameroon - north
*Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon - east
* Wele-Nzas, Equatorial Guinea - south
* Centro Su ...
.
It lies very close to the Equatorial Guinea-
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...
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Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
tripoint
A tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints as of 2020. Nearly half are situated in rivers, l ...
. It is the end point of three main transport routes coming from
Bata,
Yaoundé and major cities in central Gabon.
Religion
Ebibeyin Cathedral is the episcopal see of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebibeyin.
Sports
Ebibeyin was a host city of the
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...
,
for which the
Estadio de Ebibeyin was built.
The Estadio serves as the home pitch for
Akonangui FC
Akonangui Fútbol Club is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Ebebiyín.
It was dissolved in 2010,
but return ...
, a multi-
Equatoguinean Primera División
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol (formerly known as Liga Semiprofesional and Primera División de Honor) is the top division of the Equatoguinean football league system. It was founded in 1979.
Prior to independence, two separate leagues existed, on ...
and
Equatoguinean Cup The Equatoguinean Cup (Spanish: ''Copa de Su Excelencia'') is the top knockout tournament of the Equatoguinean football. Its full name is Equatoguinean Cup - King's Cup Abudunal Sun. It was created in 1974.
Winners
*1978 : Union (Mongomo)
*1979 : ...
winner.
References
Populated places in Kié-Ntem
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