Province of Fernando Poo

Fernando Poo
Province (1959–1968)
Coat of arms of Fernando Poo
Coat of arms
Map of Annobón and Bioko
Map of Annobón and Bioko
Country Spain
Autonomous RegionSpanish Guinea
CapitalSanta Isabel de Fernando Poo
Government
 • BodyProvincial Deputation of Fernando Poo
Area
 • Total
2,034 km2 (785 sq mi)

The Province of Fernando Poo was a Spanish province in Africa between 1959 and 1968. It consisted of the islands of Fernando Poo and Annobón, the insular region of Spanish Guinea (modern-day Equatorial Guinea). Its administrative capital was Santa Isabel de Fernando Poo.[1] It had an area of 2 034 km².[1]

History

Map of Spanish possessions in the Gulf of Guinea in 1897, before the Treaty of Paris in 1900.

The territory of the province was ceded by Portugal to Spain in 1778, by the First Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777).[2]

It formed a province together with Río Muni from 1956 to 1959 as the Spanish Province of the Gulf of Guinea. In 1959, it became the Province of Fernando Poo within the autonomous region of Equatorial Guinea, a name it kept until its independence from Spain in 1968.[3]

On 1 September 1960 the Provincial Deputation of Fernando Poo was established in the city of Santa Isabel de Fernando Poo, whose first president was Alzina de Bochi.[4]

The province vehicle registration prefix was "FP", established by an Order on 20 June 1961, which was annulled by an Order on 17 March 1969.[5] Previously the prefix was "TEG" (Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea), established by the order of 30 September 1929, territories that were divided into two provinces by the Law of 29 July 1959.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Guinea, Spanish (1964). Negociado de estadistica: resumenes (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "ilha de Fernando pó | Enciclopédia Virtual da Expansão Portuguesa". eve.fcsh.unl.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "BOE-A-1960-5157 Decreto 623/1960, de 7 de abril de 1960, por el que se aprueba el ordenamiento de la Administración Local para su aplicación en las Provincias ecuatoriales de Fernando Poo y Río Muni". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Fernando Poo and Río Muni Provincial Councils have been constituted.". ABC-Madrid (in Spanish). 2 September 1960. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "SIGLAS TERRITORIALES Y PROVINCIALES DEL PERIODO COLONIAL" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2026.

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