There is regular service between Malabo and Bata.

Its main airport is Malabo International Airport in Punta Europa, Bioko Island.

Mainland Equatorial Guinea is served by Bata Airport, north of Bata, which has domestic air services to Malabo.

Nonetheless, Malabo, with only 1, 180 hours of sunshine per year, is one of the gloomiest capitals in the world and experiences much fog even when it is not raining.

The south of Malabo is bordered by the Rio Consul.

To the west is the recently renovated Malabo Airport.

Encompassing the entire eastern side of Malabo Bay, it is almost as long as Malabo is tall.

Malabo is part of a wider bay that represents most of the northern coast of Bioko ; it stretches from Europe Point in the west ( home to the airport ), to barren lands in the east.

The city is served by Malabo International Airport, while ferries sail from its port to Douala and Bata.

A fictional portrait of mercenary operations in the 1970s is Frederick Forsyth's book, The Dogs of War, which was set on the island of Malabo – renamed " Zangaro " in the novel – and given a platinum deposit.

Malabo is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea and the largest city on the island.

Its most prominent figure is Victorino Bolekia Bonay, the Mayor of Malabo and the first person democratically elected to that post.

Equatorial Guinea's home stadium is Nuevo Estadio de Malabo in Malabo.

Bata was formerly capital of Equatorial Guinea and is a transport hub and port, from which ferries sail to Malabo and Douala, and fliers can land at Bata Airport.

Its capital is Malabo.

Nguema introduced a campaign of ' authenticity ', replacing colonial names with native ones: the capital Santa Isabel became Malabo, the main island of Fernando Po was renamed Masie Nguema Biyogo after himself, and Annobón became Pagalu.

It was chosen to replace the mainland city of Bata as the capital of the country in 1969, and was renamed Malabo in 1973 as part of President Francisco Macías Nguema's campaign to replace European place names with " authentic " African ones.

* Former name of Malabo, the country's capital

Mann was extradited ( his word " kidnapped " because of there being no extradition treaty ) from Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea on 1 February 2008, having been accused of planning a coup d ' état to overthrow the government by leading a mercenary force into the capital Malabo in an effort to kidnap or kill President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

The city may be joined either by sea or by a main road linking Luba to the country's capital, Malabo.

The international airport at Bata Airport has flights to several cities, including the capital, Malabo and to Libreville in Gabon.

Equatorial Guinea has warmer relations with Nigeria, and the Nigerian President made an official visit to Malabo in 2001.

* Streets were also named after him in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, in Budapest, Hungary ( between 1961 and 1990 ); Jakarta ( between 1945 to 1967 ); Belgrade, Serbia ; Sofia, Bulgaria ( until 1991-2 ) Skopje, Republic of Macedonia ; Bata and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea ; Tehran, Iran ; Algiers, Algeria ( Rue Patrice Lumumba ); Santiago de Cuba, Cuba ( since 1960, formerly Avenida de Bélgica ); Łódź, Warsaw, Poland ; Kiev, Ukraine ; Perm, Russia ; Rabat, Morocco ; Maputo, Mozambique ; Leipzig, Germany ; Lusaka, Zambia (" Lumumba Street "); Kampala, Uganda (" Lumumba Avenue "); Tunis, Tunisia ; Fort-de-France, Martinique ; Montpellier, France ; Accra, Ghana ; Antananarivo, Madagascar ; Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Alexandria, Egypt and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

In August 2004 there was a plot, which later became known as the " Wonga Coup ", to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in Malabo.

Other musicians from Equatorial Guinea include Malabo Strit Band, Luna Loca, Chiquitin, Dambo de la Costa, Ngal Madunga, Lily Afro and Spain-based exiles like Super Momo, Hijas del Sol and Baron Ya Buk-Lu.

On the arrival of Mann in Equatorial Guinea for his trial in Malabo, public Prosecutor Jose Olo Obono said that Mann would face three charges – crimes against the head of state, crimes against the government, and crimes against the peace and independence of the state.

* Sofitel Malabo President Palace, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

* Malabo Government Building, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea and Gabon won the right to host the games, and two new stadiums were built in Equatorial Guinea: Estadio de Bata in Bata and Nuevo Estadio de Malabo in Malabo.

Aerolíneas de Guinea Ecuatorial was a cargo airline based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

The chief ports are Bata and Mbini in Río Muni and Malabo and Luba on Bioko.

During his " reign of terror ," Macías Nguema led a genocide of the country's Bubi minority, which formed the majority on Bioko Island, and brought many of his own tribespeople, the Fang, to Malabo.

Malabo sees on average 1, 800 mm of rain per year.

In March 1843, Juan José Lerena planted the Spanish flag in Malabo, starting the decline of British influence on the island.

Located on Punta Europa, west of Malabo, the Alba Gas Plant processes natural gas delivered from offshore production wells.

The hosting of the tournament lead to the construction of two new football stadia in the country: Estadio de Bata in Bata on the mainland, and Nuevo Estadio de Malabo in Malabo.

He went on trial in Malabo along with 18 other men accused of being the advance party for 70 other mercenaries.

Image: Malabo coast line. jpg | Coastline

# Bioko Norte Province ( Malabo )

; Capital: Malabo ( formerly Santa Isabel )

Malabo has been significantly affected by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo's growing co-operation with the oil industry.