Spanish Guinea

Spanish Guinea was a Spanish colony on the Gulf of Guinea, as Equatorial Guinea became independent in 1968. It consisted of the islands of Fernando Poo (now Bioko ), Annobón, Corisco and the Elobey Islands, and from the mainland Rio Muni (now Mbini ). Overall, it was 26,659 km ² and 170,000 inhabitants possessed (1949 ). Capital was Santa Isabel (now Malabo ) with 9,000 inhabitants.

History

Main article History of Equatorial Guinea

1778 Fernando Poo was Spanish, after which the island was claimed by the Portuguese, but succeeded the Spaniards because of the hostility of the inhabitants not to establish themselves on the mainland itself. 1841 regained Spain Fernando Poo and Annobón, had been leased in the 1820s in Great Britain. Two years later, Juan José Lerena opened the first branch in the today's Malabo, which became the starting point of the Spanish acquisitions on the mainland. Through agreements with local rulers a protectorate over Río Muni was built in 1885. In the Treaty of Paris (27 June 1900) border conflicts with France could be settled and from the Protectorate Río Muni became a Spanish colony. 1909 united Spain Río Muni and the offshore islands to Spanish Guinea (Spanish Territories Españoles del Golfo de Guinea). In 1959, there came to his division and Río Muni and Fernando Poo were declared Spanish provinces. In December 1963, she was reunited for the territory of Equatorial Guinea, in the following year became the territory of a partial autonomy. 1968 Equatorial Guinea became independent.