Bioko Norte | |
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| Coordinates:3°40′48″N8°46′48″E / 3.68000°N 8.78000°E /3.68000; 8.78000 | |
| Country | Equatorial Guinea |
| Capital | Rebola |
| Area | |
• Total | 776 km2 (300 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 300,374 |
| • Density | 387/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | GQ-BN |
Bioko Norte (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈbjokoˈnoɾte]) is the second-most populated of the eightprovinces of Equatorial Guinea, after theLitoral province. It contained 300,374 of the island's 335,048 inhabitants in 2015, sub-divided into 2 districts - Malabo (271,008) and Baney (27,366). Both the provincial capital,Rebola, and the national capital,Malabo are located here. Heavily forested with little urban development, the southern central part includes part of theParque Nacional del Pico Basilé, a 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi) national park which was established in 2000.
Bioko Norte occupies the northern part of the island ofBioko, the remainder of which is inBioko Sur. In the northern part areRebola and the national Equatorial Guinean capital,Malabo. The smaller settlement ofSantiago de Baney lies in northeastern part of the province.[1] On the northeast coast is the resort ofSipopo, which contains a 200-room hotel run by theSofitel hotel chain, Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf.[2] The village ofBasupu is situated to the northwest of Malabo, along the main road.[1]
The province is dominated by tropical rainforest with little urban development. There are anti-personnel mines in the forests of Rebola, Baney and the Moka Valley.[3] The southern central part is heavily forested and hilly in theParque Nacional del Pico Basilé area.[1] The national park spans the southern central part of the province and the northern part of Bioko Sur Province. The 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi) park was established in 2000.[4] The uninhabited island of Islote Horacio (3°45′33″N8°54′30″E / 3.75917°N 8.90833°E /3.75917; 8.90833) is located off the northeast coast.[1]
There are significant populations ofBubi people in the province, who speak theBubi language.[5] The poetBehori Sipi Botau (born 1960), who hails from Rebola, and now living in the United States, is of Bubi ancestry.[6]
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