Fernando Poo

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Fernando Poo is the former colonial name for Bioko, an island in Equatorial Guinea located in the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
archipelago Bight of Biafra islands NERFINISHED
belongsToIslandGroup Cameroon line volcanic chain NERFINISHED
capitalCityOnIsland Malabo NERFINISHED
climate tropical rainforest climate
continent Africa
country Equatorial Guinea
currentName Bioko NERFINISHED
economyActivity cocoa production
coffee production
petroleum-related services
timber
formerAdministrativeStatus Spanish colony
province of Spanish Guinea
formerColonialPower Portugal NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
formerNameOf Bioko NERFINISHED
formerOfficialLanguage Portuguese
Spanish
formerProvinceOf Spanish Guinea NERFINISHED
geologicalType volcanic island
hasMountain Pico Basilé NERFINISHED
highestPoint Pico Basilé NERFINISHED
historicalUse base for Atlantic slave trade
missionary base
plantation economy center
languageSpoken Bubi NERFINISHED
French
Portuguese
Spanish
largestCityOnIsland Malabo NERFINISHED
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion West Africa NERFINISHED
locatedOffCoastOf Africa NERFINISHED
Cameroon NERFINISHED
Equatorial Guinea mainland NERFINISHED
majorEthnicGroup Bubi people NERFINISHED
Fang people NERFINISHED
namedAfter Fernão do Pó NERFINISHED
nearbyIsland Annobón NERFINISHED
Príncipe NERFINISHED
São Tomé NERFINISHED
partOf Equatorial Guinea NERFINISHED
partOfCountrySubdivision Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea NERFINISHED
renamedTo Bioko NERFINISHED
renamingContext post-independence Africanization of place names
renamingCountry Equatorial Guinea NERFINISHED
sovereignState Equatorial Guinea NERFINISHED
volcanicOrigin true

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