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Country (long form)	Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Capital	Malabo
Total Area	10,830.55 sq mi 28,051.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Maryland)
Population	486,060 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	1,239,724
Languages	Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo
Literacy	78.5% total, 89.6% male, 68.1% female (1995 est.)
Religions	nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
Life Expectancy	51.89 male, 56.07 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	republic
Currency	1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita)	$2,000 (2000 est.)
Industry	petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas
Agriculture	coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
Arable Land	5%
Natural Resources	oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium

Equatorial Guinea, or Republic of Equatorial Guinea, a country of west-central Africa.

Guinea has been inhabited since ancient times, but little is known about the region's early history.