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Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea
Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea (Spanish)
1858–1968
Flag of Spanish Guinea
Flag of Spain (1843–1931)
Coat of arms of Spanish Guinea
Coat of arms
Anthem: Marcha Real (1844–1873, 1874–1931, 1942–1968)
Himno de Riego (1873–1874, 1931–1942)
Location of Spanish Guinea in central Africa.
Location of Spanish Guinea in central Africa.
StatusDependencies of Spain (1858–1926)
Colony of Spain (1926–1956)
Province of Spain (1956–1968)
CapitalSanta Isabel
Common languagesSpanish (official)
Annobonese Creole
Pichinglis
Fang
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentSpanish Colonial Government
Monarch and Head of State 
• 1858–1868 (first)
Isabella II
• 1936–1968 (last)
Francisco Franco
Governor-General 
• 1858–1859 (first)
Carlos Chacon y Michelina
• 1966–1968 (last)
Víctor Suances Díaz del Río
Historical era
  • New Imperialism
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Cold War
• Established
11 March 1858
• Spanish take possession of Fernado Po. Administered as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
1778
• Spanish evacuate Fernado Po
1780
• Spanish sovereignty reasserted over Fernando Po
1844
• Protectorate established over Rio Muni
1885
• Definitive territorial delimitation by the Treaty of Paris
1900
• Administrative union of the various colonies
1926
• Independence
12 October 1968
CurrencySpanish peseta
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Spanish Guinea Governorate of Fernando Po
Spanish Guinea Fang people
Spanish Guinea Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco
Equatorial Guinea Spanish Guinea
Today part ofEquatorial Guinea

Spanish Guinea (Spanish: Guinea Española) was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 as Equatorial Guinea.

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