Equatorial Guinea in the 21st Century
Geography: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
Climate: tropical; always hot, humid
Terrain: coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay
Politics of Equatorial Guinea takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Equatorial Guinea is both head of state and head of government.
Although Equatorial Guinea lacks a well-established democratic tradition comparable to the developed democracies of the West, it has progressed toward developing a participatory political system out of the anarchic, chaotic, and repressive conditions of the Macias years.
Equatorial Guinea is divided in 7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas. 
Capital of Equatorial Guinea is Malabo
Languages: Spanish, French, pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
Equatorial Guinea in the 21st Century
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The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a nation in west central Africa, and one of the smallest countries in continental Africa. It borders Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west, where the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe lie to its southwest. Equatorial Guinea became officially independent from Spain on October 12, 1968.
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Around the world - kewegoThe first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Rio Muni.
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