Fernando Póo Province

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Fernando Póo Province was a former Spanish colonial administrative division in what is now Equatorial Guinea, centered on the island historically known as Fernando Póo (now Bioko).

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Fernando Póo Province canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former Spanish colony
former administrative division
administrativeCenter Malabo
Santa Isabel
administrativeLevel province
capital Malabo
Santa Isabel
centralTerritory Bioko
linked to: Bioko Island

Fernando Póo Island
colonialMetropole Madrid
colonialPower Spain
colonialType overseas province
continent Africa
country Spain
currentNameOfIsland Bioko
linked to: Bioko Island
economicActivities cocoa production
coffee production
timber export
ethnicGroupsPresent Bubi people
Fang people
formerColonialNamePreservedIn toponymy of Equatorial Guinea
governingSystem Spanish colonial administration
historicalNameOfIsland Fernando Póo
historicalPeriod 20th century
late 19th century
historicalStatus abolished province
languageOfAdministration Spanish
locatedIn Equatorial Guinea
Spanish Guinea
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Guinea
locatedNear Cameroon
Nigeria
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
locatedOnIsland Bioko
linked to: Bioko Island

Fernando Póo Island
namedAfter Fernando Póo
Fernando Póo Island
partOf Spanish Guinea
Spanish West Africa
linked to: Spanish Guinea

Spanish colonial empire
linked to: Spanish Empire
partOfModernRegion Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea
presentDayCountry Equatorial Guinea
presentDayTerritory Bioko
linked to: Bioko Island
regionType insular province
religionOfficialOrDominant Roman Catholicism
successorAdministrativeUnit Bioko Province
linked to: Bioko Norte

Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea
usedLegalSystem Spanish law

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Fernando Póo formerProvinceName Fernando Póo Province