Elobey Chico, or Little Elobey, is a small island off the coast of
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
, lying near the mouth of the
Mitémélé River. The island is now uninhabited but was once the ''de facto''
colonial capital
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of the Spanish territory of
Río Muni
Río Muni (called ''Mbini'' in Fang) is the Continental Region (called ''Región Continental'' in Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering . The name is derived from the Muni River, along whic ...
. Officially, the island was associated with
Fernando Pó, but the connection seemed to be little more than fiction. The majority of the factories were owned by
Hamburg Merchants.
[Elisee Reclus, ''Africa, Vol.3'', p.402]
See also
*
Elobey, Annobón and Corisco
References
Islands of Equatorial Guinea
Uninhabited islands
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