مالابو

Also known as Port Clarence, Santa Isabel

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Malabo is a city and port city located in Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, on the Gulf of Guinea. It serves as the capital of Equatorial Guinea, the Insular Region, and Spanish Guinea. The city was established in 1827 and is named after Malabo Löpèlo Mëlaka. Its official names include Santa Isabel, Malabo, Port Clarence, and Санта-Исабель. The population is recorded as 297000, with an area of 21.

The official languages are Bube and Spanish. The local time zone is UTC+01:00, also referred to as Africa/Malabo. Elevation data varies, with sources listing 0, 27, and 34 above sea level. The city is twinned with Guadalajara and Madrid. Residents are known as Malabéenne, Malabéen, malabeño, or malabense. Malabo owns the Malabo Stadium.

Synthesized by Vinony from 50 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Malabo
Region: Bioko Norte
Country: Guinea Ecuatorial
Population: 155,963
Timezone: Africa/Malabo

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Air quality

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PM2.5: 7.6 µg/m³
PM10: 9.6 µg/m³

As of 2026-08-11 01:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Settlement.name: Malabo
Settlement.other_name: Santa Isabel (before 1973)
Settlement.settlement_type: City (Former Capital 1968–2026)
Settlement.pushpin_map: Equatorial Guinea#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Equatorial Guinea
Settlement.image_shield: Seal of Malabo.png
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bioko Norte
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Insular Region
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1827
Settlement.established_title2: Current name
Settlement.established_date2: Since 1973
Settlement.area_total_km2: 21
Settlement.population_as_of: 2018

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Travel guide

Get around

Malabo is quite walkable. Taxis are cheap. 500 FCFA during the day should get you anywhere within the city. 3,000 FCFA should get you from the city to the Marathon Oil compound. Be prepared to pay more at night or when the police are out enforcing traffic laws.

See

thumb|St. Elizabeth's Cathedral Malabo National Park covers an area of 870,000 m², and offers sports and entertainment areas, and a giant statue of President Macías Nguema. It was built by China in 2016.

Casa de Kristalysky-boy-gastaho, hiking.

Hacienda Natividad, hiking.

Buy

ATMs are not common. Local bank SGBGE has some machines (there is one at the Ibis Hotel) that work with international Visa cards at least.

Heton, women's clothing store.

Cuattro S.L, shopping mall.

Caba Market.

Solfage, department store.

Disca Mini market.

Supermarcado Martinez Hermanos.

Cadosbe Ship Chandler.

Mercamar.

MilobiGs.

Fontaneria Fruteg.

Drink

Pizzeria Italiana.

Complejo el Caribe.

Olympus Skybar.

Garden Lounge.

Cafe Maria.

Kristal Lounge Malabo.

Bar Baney. -->

Go next

Many Equatorial Guinea-based airlines are blocked from operating in the EU, and thus only a few international airlines operate from Malabo, including Air France, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, Ceiba Intercontinental, Air Maroc and Turkish Airlines.

CEIBA Intercontinental may have flights to Annobón and Bata.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)