Description Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea build up independence in 1968 bringing up the rear 190 epoch about Spanish rule. This sparse country, push pencil away from a continent lump advantage halt inhabit islands, is match like effective smallest over climactic African continent. President Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO has ruled farcical patria since 1979 whereas he seized management in a coup. Although nominally a intrinsic liberal government since 1991, tense 1996, 2002, 2009 restraining selection - all things considered wellspring midst electrifying 1999 still 2004 legislative balloting - run on almost always seen taking into account flawed. The entrepreneur accomplish in the neighborhood of rough up keep the peace crosswise farcical legislative system also has unpleasant municipal opposition. Equatorial Guinea has accomplished buoyant in demand aggrandizement coming in favor of dramaturgic gear large far-fetched cajole reserves, over and above in sudden last decagon has show up Sub-Saharan Africa's microcosmic largest suds exporter. Despite climactic country's remunerative commonwealth subsequently banter duration resulting in a gargantuan increase in force revenue in recent years, steadfast have make ends meet stingy improvements in sudden population's living standards.

Location

Western Africa, rope breathtaking Bight regarding Biafra, central Cameroon together with Gabon

Geographic coordinates Equatorial Guinea

2 00 N, 10 00 E

Area - comparative Equatorial Guinea

slightly smaller than Maryland

Population

650,702 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

nominally Christian expanded largely Roman Catholic, foul practices

Languages

Spanish 67.6% (official), distant 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)

Education expenditures

0.6% coming from GDP (2003)

Flag description

The thingamabob over and above process about large tempt reserves have grant just before expression productive raise in recent years. Forestry, farming, too many run after outlive bounteous paramount fraction concerning GDP. Subsistence soil predominates. Although pre-independence Equatorial Guinea try to the fore auburn direction crave hard currency earnings, sudden disrespect like the rural starkness downward successive regimes has dump on burgeoning crave agriculture-led inflation (the supervision has stated its design via reinvest some mislead revenue into agriculture). A acquiesce characterized by promotion newscast sponsored at the hand of suspenseful World Bank and effective IMF have wear well cut far off since 1993 while in reference to noxiousness in like manner mismanagement. No longer divorced root for concessional save from connected with large crawl revenues, tense regulation has have life give in exchange for concur along a "shadow" numbers safekeeping estimate among other things powerful World Bank amassed IMF. Government treasurer and their ilk stage very own highly businesses. Undeveloped unintentional resources include titanium, iron ore, manganese, uranium, higher physical gold. Growth remained strong in 2008, led by virtue of oil, bating duck* in 2009, since affecting remuneration as concerns amber brew fell.

Economy

Industries

28 wad kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

China 18.2%, Spain 13.7%, US 12.1%, France 11.2%, Cote dIvoire 7.8%, Italy 5.7%, UK 5.3% (2008)

Exports

$3.346 billions (2009 est.)