Corisco is a city in

Litoral The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inu ...

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

. It is located on the island of

Corisco Corisco, Mandj, or Mandyi, is a small island of Equatorial Guinea, located southwest of the Río Muni estuary that defines the border with Gabon. Corisco, whose name derives from the Portuguese word for lightning, has an area of , and its highe ...

and has a (2005 est.) population of 2,541.

History

The missionary, Robert Hamill Nassau arrived here for his first posting to Africa.

Demography

The island is inhabited by the

Benga people The Benga people are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu peoples, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Their indigenous language is Benga. They are referred to as Ndowe or ''Playeros'' (Beach People), one of several peo ...

. Some of the women have come from the

Kombe people Kombe people are an Ethnic groups of Africa, African ethnic group, members of the Bantu peoples, Bantu group, who are indigenous to Equatorial Guinea. They are native speakers of the Kombe language. At the beginning of the twentieth century some of ...

References

Populated places in Litoral (Equatorial Guinea) {{EquatorialGuinea-geo-stub