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Río Muni (called ''Mbini'' in Fang) is the Continental Region (called ''Región Continental'' in Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering . The name is derived from the Muni River, along which the early Europeans had built the Muni River Settlements.
Regions of Equatorial Guinea
Río Muni (called ''Mbini'' in Fang) is the Continental Region (called ''Región Continental'' in Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering . The name is derived from the Muni River, along which the early Europeans had built the Muni River Settlements.
Regions of Equatorial Guinea
History
Río Muni was ceded byPortugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...
to Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
in 1778 in the Treaty of El Pardo. The Spanish had hoped to collect slaves to work in their other overseas possessions, but their settlers died of yellow fever and the area was deserted. Cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter an ...
and timber became major industries upon recolonization. Río Muni, along with Bioko, became a province of Spanish Guinea
Spanish Guinea (Spanish: ''Guinea Española'') was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 as Equatorial ...
in 1959.
Population
In 2015, 885,015 people—about 72% of Equatorial Guinea's population—lived in Río Muni. The main languages spoken in Río Muni are Fang-Ntumu, which is spoken in the north, and Fang-Okak, which is spoken in the south. Spanish also is spoken, although only as a second language.Provinces
Río Muni comprises five provinces: :*Centro Sur
Centro Sur (Spanish for "South-center") is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Evinayong.
Geography
Centro Sur borders Gabon's Estuaire Province in the southwest and Woleu-Ntem Province in the southeast, and Cameroon's South P ...
:*Djibloho
Djibloho, officially the ''Administrative City of Djibloho'', ( Spanish: ''Ciudad administrativa de Djibloho'') is the newest province of Equatorial Guinea, formally established by law in 2017. The administrative city was initially carved out 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 ...
:* Litoral
:*Wele-Nzas
Wele-Nzas Province is a province in the eastern portion of continental Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Mongomo. It borders the Equatoguinean provinces of Centro Sur to the west and Kié-Ntem to the north, with Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province to t ...
Cities
The largest city is Bata, which also serves as the regional administrative capital. Other major towns includeEvinayong
Evinayong is a town lying atop a small mountain in southeastern Río Muni, central Equatorial Guinea.
It is the capital of the Centro Sur Province and the St. Joseph's cathedral is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evinayong.
...
, Ebebiyín
Ebibeyin is a town in the northeastern corner of mainland Equatorial Guinea. It is the capital of the province of Kié-Ntem.
It lies very close to the Equatorial Guinea-Gabon- Cameroon tripoint. It is the end point of three main transport routes ...
, Acalayong
Acalayong is a town across the Muni Estuary in the district of Kogo, Equatorial Guinea 117 km from Bata. It is one of the two border crossings, the other being Kogo from where passengers traveling to Gabon from Bata and the other cities, ...
, Acurenam
Acurenam (or Akurenam) is a town located on mainland Equatorial Guinea, in Centro Sur
Centro Sur (Spanish for "South-center") is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Evinayong.
Geography
Centro Sur borders Gabon's Estuaire Prov ...
, Mongomo
Mongomo is a town in the province of Wele-Nzas on mainland Equatorial Guinea, on the eastern border, roughly 1 km (0.62 mi) west of Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province.
Religion
Its cathedral basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the ep ...
and Mbini.
See also
* Elobey, Annobón and Corisco *Popular Idea of Equatorial Guinea
The Popular Idea of Equatorial Guinea ( es, Idea Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial, IPGE) was a nationalist political group created at the end of the 1950s with the goal of establishing independence in Equatorial Guinea. The IPGE is considered to be ...
*Postage stamps and postal history of Equatorial Guinea
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Equatorial Guinea, formerly known as Spanish Guinea.
Spanish colonies Fernando Po
Stamps for the island of Fernando Po were first issued in 1868 by the Spanish colonial authorities i ...
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rio Muni Former Spanish colonies Geography of Equatorial Guinea Metropolitan or continental parts of states