Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco
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Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco was a colonial administration of Spanish Africa consisting of the island of Annobón, located southwest of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, and the small islands of Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and Corisco, located in the Corisco Bay [es] near the mouth of the Mitémélé River in the Muni Estuary.
Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco | |||||||||
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1843–1926 | |||||||||
Anthem: Marcha Real (1844–1873, 1874–1926) Himno de Riego (1873–1874) | |||||||||
Status | Dependency of Spanish Guinea | ||||||||
Capital | Santa Isabel | ||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||
• 1844–1868 | Isabella II (1st) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1843 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1926 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) | ||||||||
Currency | Spanish peseta | ||||||||
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Today part of | Equatorial Guinea |
It was established as a protectorate in 1843. Its total area was under 36 km2, and the estimated population in 1910 was 2,950 people. It depended on the governor-general based in Santa Isabel, who had lieutenant governors in Annobón and Elobey Chico.
All of Spain's colonial possessions in Guinea were administratively unified in 1926 to form Spanish Guinea, which later became independent in 1968 as Equatorial Guinea. Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and Corisco are now part of the Litoral Province within Río Muni on the mainland, while Annobón constitutes a province in its own right within the Insular Region.