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What is Guinea Equatorial famous for?
As of 2004, Equatorial Guinea is the third-largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its oil production has risen to 360,000 barrels per day (57,000 m3/d), up from 220,000 only two years earlier. Forestry, farming, and fishing are also major components of GDP.
What is Equatorial Guinea currency?
Central African CFA franc
Equatorial Guinea/Currencies
The local currency is the Central African Franc (CFA), issued by the Banque des Etats de L’Afrique Centrale (BEAC).
What does the Equatorial Guinea flag represent?
Colors and Symbolism of the Equatorial Guinea Flag The blue triangle represents the ocean, while the green stripe represents the country’s natural resources, the white stripe stands for peace, and the red stripe stands for the blood that the people spilled during their struggle for independence.
How did Equatorial Guinea get its name?
As colonisers carved up the continent, many European nations controlled their own Guinea. At independence, French Guinea became Guinea, Spanish Guinea became Equatorial Guinea, and Portuguese Guinea became Guinea-Bissau. The region was a major source of gold, hence the name “guinea” for the British gold coin.
What is an interesting fact about Equatorial Guinea?
It is the smallest African country to be a member of the United Nations according to the total land area. 6. Equatorial Guinea is the richest country in Africa as its a resource for mineral and oil. It has a gross domestic product (GDP) of $31.769 billion.
How much is Equatorial Guinea currency to naira?
Guinea Franc to Nigerian Naira Exchange Rate Today, Live 1 GNF to NGN = 0.0426 (Convert Guinea Franc to Nigerian Naira)
What language is spoken in Equatorial Guinea?
Spanish
FrenchPortuguese
Equatorial Guinea/Official languages
Where is Equatorial Africa?
Equatorial Africa is an ambiguous term that sometimes is used to refer either to the equatorial region of Sub-Saharan Africa traversed by the Equator, more broadly to tropical Africa or in a biological and geo-environmental sense to the intra-tropical African rainforest region.
What are 3 interesting facts about Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea has no shortage of beaches, jungles, and natural sites worth seeing.
- Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa to have Spanish as an official language.
- The current capital of Equatorial Guinea is Malabo, which is located in the Bioko Norte province on the island of Bioko, and not the mainland.