Spanish diaspora in Equatorial Guinea

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Spanish diaspora in Equatorial Guinea
Total population
Spanish in Equatorial Guinea:
17,000 people
Regions with significant populations
Fernandino peoples
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The Spanish diaspora in Equatorial Guinea is made of people of Spanish descent who are residents born or living in Equatorial Guinea. The population from Spain living in Equatorial Guinea numbers an estimated 17,000.[citation needed] This group is closely linked with the Fernandino people, a creole people who developed Spanish Guinea and Equatorial Guinea, mostly in Bioko island (historically named Fernando Po).

Settlement

A group of prosperous plantations was set up by

landowners, whose cultural level was considerably above that of the Spaniards
that continued to emigrate to the Americas, and since Spanish Guinea was never an attractive place for massive immigration, those Spaniards that chose to live in Spanish Guinea generally made this choice in view of superior salaries or perquisites, available only for the middle and professional classes.

Spaniards in Equatorial Guinea did not generally immigrate with the intent of permanently establishing themselves, but rather of working for a given time period, and nearly always returned to Spain. The result was a reduced sense of permanency, and a greater bilateral contact between Spain and expatriate Spaniards in Guinea. Even though a number of Spaniards were born in Spanish Guinea, few considered themselves as anything other than Spaniards, similar to their countrymen in the Canary Islands or Ifni, and there were few families that had lived continuously in Spanish Guinea for more than a single generation.

The amount of

Roman Catholic
church, during the Spanish colonial era in the country.

From the earliest days of Spanish colonization, Santa Isabel contained numerous Europeans of various nations, as well as

Masie Nguema Biyogo
, but have returned since his overthrow and execution.

Language and religion

Since their ancestors ruled the country, they made Spanish the first national official language. They also speak the country's second official language,

Roman Catholics and a few Protestants. Their ancestors brought Christianity to the nation and made it one of the largest Christian countries in Africa
.

Prominent Spanish Equatoguineans

See also

References

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