EQUATORIAL GUINEA EQUATORIAL GUINEA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 12 1968 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 17 1971 POPULATION 465746 1999 EST AREA 10831 SQ MI CAPITAL MALABO FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC IN TRANSITION MAIN INDUSTRIES NONE OF SIGNIFICANCE AGRICULTURE COCOA COFFEE BANANAS YAMS NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER PETROLEUM CURRENCY CFA FRANC GDP 660 MILLION 1997 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1500 1997 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL FANG BUBI PIDGEN ENGLISH FRENCH RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 79 LIFE EXPECTANCY 52 YEARS MALE 57 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 38 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 13 PER 1000 POPULATION
