Equatorial Guinea (; ; ), also rarely known as Equatoguinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (, , ), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea. , the country had a population of 1,468,777, over 85% of whom are ethnically Fang.
