Fernando Póo

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Fernando Póo is the former colonial name of Bioko Island, a volcanic island in the Gulf of Guinea that is now part of Equatorial Guinea.

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Fernando Póo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial name
island
alternativeHistoricalSpelling Bioko Island
surface form: Fernando Po

Fernando Poo
archipelago Bight of Biafra
surface form: Bight of Biafra islands
belongsToCountrySince Equatorial Guinea independence in 1968
belongsToIslandGroup Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea
surface form: Equatorial Guinea insular region
capitalCityOnIsland Malabo
climate tropical
countryDuringColonialPeriod Río Muni
surface form: Spanish Guinea
currentName Bioko Island
surface form: Bioko
discoveredBy Fernão do Pó
discovererNationality Portuguese
discoveryCentury 15th century
ethnicGroupsOnIsland Bubi people
Fang people
formerAdministrativeStatus Spanish colony
Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea
surface form: province of Spanish Guinea
formerColonialPower Portugal
formerNameLanguage Spanish
formerNameOf Bioko Island
surface form: Bioko
formerOfficialLanguage Portuguese
Spanish
formerProvinceName Fernando Póo Province
hasCity Luba
Malabo
hasSettlement Riaba
islandType volcanic island
largestCityOnIsland Malabo
laterColonialPower Spain
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
mainEconomicActivitiesHistorical cocoa production
coffee production
timber
namedAfter Fernão do Pó
nearbyMainlandCountry Cameroon
Gabon
Nigeria
partOf Equatorial Guinea
partOfGeologicalRegion Cameroon Volcanic Line
politicalStatusToday part of Bioko Norte Province and Bioko Sur Province
regionOfWorld Central Africa
West Africa
renamedTo Bioko Island
surface form: Bioko
sovereignState Spain
usedAsNameUntil late 20th century
volcanicOrigin yes

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Bioko Island formerName Fernando Póo