Río Muni
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mainland geographical region of Equatorial Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- colony
- Country
- Portuguese Empire
- Located in
- Equatorial Guinea
- Contains
- Litoral
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Bata
- Population
- 1159468
- Area
- 26017
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- Commons category
- Río Muni
- postal code
- 56
- different from
- Benito River
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Río Muni Coat of arms of the Spanish Río Muni colony
Río Muni (called Mbini in Fang) is the Continental Region (called Región Continental in Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering 26,017 square kilometres (10,045 sq mi). The name is derived from the Muni River, along which the early Europeans had built the Muni River Settlements.
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