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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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Bata is a town of Equatorial Guinea.
Research Bata
The Bight of Biafra is a bay in the Gulf of Guinea along the coasts of Nigeria, cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
Research Bight of Biafra
Bioko is an island in the Bight of Bonny, West Africa. It is part of Equatorial Guinea. It was formerly a Spanish possession and known as Fernando Po (Fernando Poo).
Research Bioko
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a republic in west central Africa. It has a total area of 28,050 km2. The climate is tropical; always hot and humid. The terrain consists of coastal plains rising to interior hills, on volcanic islands. Natural resources are timber, crude oil, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium. The religion is nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic; with some pagan practices retained. The official language is Spanish with pidgin English, Fang, Bubi and Ibo also spoken. The country was formed from various islands and the mainland province of Rio Muni by the Spanish in 1865 as Spanish Guinea, gaining self-government in 1963 and full independence in 1968.
Research Equatorial Guinea
Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea. Until 1973 it was known as Santa Isabel.
Research Malabo
Benga is a Bantu language spoken in Equatorial Guinea, on Corisco Island and in Gabon.
Research Benga
Bube is a Bantu language spoken in Fernando Po and on Biombo Island, Equatorial Guinea.
Research Bube
Fa D'Ambu is a Portugese-based creole language spoken on Annobon Island, Equatorial Guinea.
Research Fa D'Ambu
Fang is a Bantu language spoken by the Okak and Ntumu people of Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe and Equatorial Guinea.
Research Fang
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