Equatorial Guinea guide: sources and attribution
Prepared 1 November 2026

Proclamation of Ciudad de la Paz as capital, 2 January 2026:
https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/index.php/noticias/el_presidente_de_la_republica_proclama_la_ciudad_de_la_paz_como_capital_de_la_republica_de_guinea_ecuatorial_con_la_firma_de_un_decreto_ley
Geography, provinces, languages and history overview:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Equatorial_Guinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibloho

Provinces and national outline: OCHA Common Operational Dataset, Equatorial
Guinea subnational administrative boundaries (COD-AB), valid from 15 July 2021,
published on HDX January 2026, CC BY-IGO:
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-gnq
The seven province polygons are simplified and unioned to form the outline.
The dataset predates Djibloho, the province created in 2017 around Ciudad de
la Paz, and draws that area inside Wele-Nzas. OpenStreetMap's Djibloho polygon
covers only the urban area, so it is not used as a province boundary.
Boundaries are generalized educational references.

Rivers and lakes: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Equatorial Guinea Waterways,
extracted October 2026, OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0:
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/hotosm_gnq_waterways
https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
Only named reaches of the Mbini, Campo, Muni, Mitimele, Congue and Kié are
selected, with the Lago Moka and Lago Mazafim polygons. Courses can contain gaps
and the extract omits cross-border sections. Not navigation data.

City coordinates: Wikipedia coordinate references, checked against the province
polygons. Pins mark approximate settlement centres, not municipal boundaries.

Sights: Wikipedia articles and coordinate references for each sight, checked
against the national outline. Park and reserve pins are representative
landscape points, not entrances or property boundaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Basil%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luba_Crater_Scientific_Reserve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Al%C3%A9n_National_Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elizabeth%27s_Cathedral,_Malabo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annob%C3%B3n
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_de_la_Paz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka,_Equatorial_Guinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_de_Ureca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corisco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebeby%C3%ADn_Cathedral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_de_Nsork_National_Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Temel%C3%B3n_Natural_Reserve

Reading: first drafts written locally with the open-weight gpt-oss:20b model,
then checked and edited against the sources above. Topic further-reading links
accompany each topic in the guide data.

Access context, checked 1 November 2026:
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/equatorial-guinea
Essential/Detour indicates learning order, not a travel recommendation.

Hero: Jmhi, via Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_de_Federaciones_02.jpg

Ten topic photographs already hosted at /images/facts-africa/gq/ are reused with
their existing individual creator and Creative Commons credits:
Geography, Arena Blanca beach, ColleBlanche, CC BY-SA 4.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arena_Blanca_beach,_pirogues_2.jpg
History, the cathedral in Bata, Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bata,_2015-02_-i---i-_(15890592774).jpg
Language, UNED campus in Malabo, UNED, CC BY 2.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNED-GQ_IMG_6092_(6510079561).jpg
Culture, Spanish Cultural Centre in Malabo, Contribuidora wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centro_Cultural_de_Espa%C3%B1a_en_Malabo.jpg
Economy, port of Malabo, ColleBlanche, CC BY-SA 4.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_of_Malabo_1.jpg
Politics, US Embassy reopening in Malabo, public domain:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05_Reopening_of_United_States_Embassy_in_Malabo.jpg
Nature, rainforest road, carlos de celis, CC BY 2.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carretera_y_Selva_(8078050262).jpg
Food, abalá, Miguel Obono, CC BY-SA 4.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abala,_malanga_roja_aceite_palma_y_sal.jpg
Landmarks, Santa Isabel Cathedral in Malabo, Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Isabel_Malabo_20131224_140204.jpg
People, sculpture outside the stadium in Bata, Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bata,_2015-02_-i---i-_(16325720910).jpg