Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea ranks 192nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint Kitts and Nevis, Eswatini, and Belize. Memorable people born in present day Equatorial Guinea include Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Francisco Macías Nguema, and Ignacio Milam Tang. Memorable people who died in Equatorial Guinea include Francisco Macías Nguema, and Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó. Equatorial Guinea has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians.

Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea. As of 2024, the country had a population of 1,795,834, over 85% of whom are members of the Fang people, the country's dominant ethnic group. The Bubi people, indigenous to Bioko, are the second largest group at approximately 6.5% of the population. Read more on Wikipedia