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Bioko

Location Gulf of Guinea, in N Atlantic Ocean, W of Cameroon
Latitude and longitude  3 50 N, 8 70 E
Sovereignty Equatorial Guinea
Political status notes With the island of Annobon and Rio Muni on the African mainland, constitutes Equatorial Guinea; formerly known as Fernando Po
Population  100,000 ?
Land area in square kilometers 2,017
Capital  (Malobo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, is located on Bioko)

Legal document(s) online

Constitution de la Republique de Guinée-Équatoriale, from Droit Francophone (French)
International Court of Justice, Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Intervening) (2002)

Sources and other useful websites

Bienvenidos a Guinea Ecuatorial, from Patricio Nbe Ondo (Spanish)

Bioko Island, from the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program

Country profile: Equatorial Guinea, from the BBC News
Description du droit national, from Droit Francophone (French)
Equatorial Guinea, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003)
Equatorial Guinea, globalEDGE Country Insight from Michigan State University

Equatorial Guinea, from the World Bank Group

United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country Profile: Equatorial Guinea
United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

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