Malabo
| Malabo | |||
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| Coordinates | 3 ° 45 ' N , 8 ° 47' E | ||
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| Country | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| Región Insular | |||
| province | Bioko Norte | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GQ-BN | ||
| Residents | 297,000 (2018) | ||
| founding | 1827 | ||
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| mayor | María Coloma Edjang Bengono | ||
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Malabo [ maˈlaβo ] is the capital of the state of Equatorial Guinea , it is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko . Located on the west coast of Africa on the Atlantic Ocean , it is home to around 297,000 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the northern island province of Bioko Norte .
Administrative structure
In 2003, the city administration of Malabo identified the following districts, among others:
- Abayak
- Zona del Ministerio de Industria
- Parque de las Naciones Unidas
- Centro histórico
- Los Angeles
- Campo Yaounde
- Antiguo Lamper
- Garcia
- Alcaide
- Fortuny
- Africa 2000
- Semu
- Pinta Silvo
- Nuevo Lamper
- Ela Nguema
The list is incomplete (as of February 2018), because the city's rapid growth has led to further new settlements, the official status of which is unclear. There are z. B. Paraiso or Buena Esperanza to name, but especially the location in the south, urban planning major project Malabo Dos .
history
The city was founded by Great Britain in 1827 as Port Clarence . At first it was used as a naval base, which aimed to prevent the slave trade. Many freed slaves were resettled there until Sierra Leone was established as a colony for freed slaves. Many of the former slaves were relocated to Sierra Leone, others stayed in the Malabo area, and their descendants can still be found there today. When the island of Bioko returned to Spanish ownership in 1843, the city was renamed Santa Isabel . Many buildings from the era of Spanish colonial architecture are still preserved today and shape the cityscape of the old town, highlights are in particular the imposing Gothic- style cathedral, completed in 1916 by Luís Segarra Llairadó , and the presidential palace, both located in the Plaza de la Independencia .
From 1916 to 1919, numerous Germans from the Cameroonian Schutztruppe lived on the island . Two almost forgotten monuments still remember her, they were exposed again by the German embassy in 2009 and wreaths were laid on them for the first time.
The nationwide elections to provincial assemblies as part of Spain's first concessions to demands for emancipation led to the first local mayor, Wilwardo Jones Níger , on June 21, 1960 . He has since been followed by Abilio Balboa Arking (June 1961–?), Antonio Ribeiro Ebuera , Julio Bonete Eiye , Vidal Djoni Bekoba , Tomás Alfredo King Tomas , Rosendo Toichoa , Felipe Beta Tobachi , Antonio Reibeira Ebuera , Elias Manuel Macho Ricacha , Basilio Cañadas Idjabe , Cristina Djombe Djangani , Vicente Ebong Uwa , Bernardino Edu Oba , Victorino Bolekia Bonay and Gabriel Mba Bela (2000–?). In 2013 the mayoress was María Coloma Edjang Bengono
Santa Isabel was named the capital of the new state of Equatorial Guinea in 1969. In 1973 it was renamed Malabo as part of a campaign by then President Francisco Macías Nguema to replace European place names with African ones , it was named after a king of the Bubi , Löpèlo Mëlaka .
Economy and Infrastructure
The Malabo International Airport or Saint Isabel Airport is the largest airport in Equatorial Guinea and is located about nine kilometers west of Malabo.
The Punta Europa , an industrial area of around 15 km² on the coast northwest of Malabo, has the greatest influence on the current situation in Malabo. Various US companies, including Marathon Ashland Petroleum , EG LNG , Atlantic Methanol and others, operate a base for the production of natural gas and crude oil on Punta Europa . Punta Europa also operates its own pier there, where ocean-going ships can be refueled. Marathon Ashland Petroleum says it produces around 3.7 million tons of liquefied gas at Punta Europa.
climate
Malabo has a tropical climate.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Álvaro Cervera (* 1965), Spanish football player and coach
- Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (* 1966), writer and poet
- Vicente Ehate Tomi (* 1968), politician (PDGE)
- Ângelo Torres (* 1968), São-Tome-Portuguese film actor
- Olive Christelle Ngo Nyepel (* 1995), soccer player
Sports
Malabo is home to the CD Unidad Malabo football club.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ek.html 2018 CIA factbook
- ↑ ayuntamientodemalabo.com: poblacion y urbanizacion ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ jaunde.diplo.de: Malabo: an old memorial is attracting fresh attention ( memento of the original from January 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. German Embassy Yaounde - Wreath-laying ceremony on November 15, 2009, accessed on February 12, 2014
- ↑ ayuntamientodemalabo.com: ciudad de malabo ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ france-guineeequatoriale.org: Who's who historique | ASSOCIATION FRANCE-GUINEE EQUATORIALE , accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ cpds-gq.org: CPDS ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ guineaecuatorialpress.com: The mayor of Malabo meets with the vendors of the Semu market - Official Web Page of the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea , accessed on January 3, 2014
- ↑ ayuntamientodemalabo.com: Ayuntamiento de Malabo ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Max Liniger-Goumaz: Connaître la Guinee Equatoriale , in: Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains no.46 (1985) 27-92, accessed on December 31, 2013
