Bioko Sur (
Spanish
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...
for "South Bioko") is a
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...
. Its capital is
Luba. It occupies the southern part of the island of
Bioko
Bioko (; ; ; historically known as Fernando Pó, ) is an island of Equatorial Guinea. It is located south of the coast of Cameroon, and northwest of the northernmost part of mainland Equatorial Guinea. Malabo, on the north coast of the is ...
, the remainder of which is part of
Bioko Norte. The province is sub-divided into 2 districts - Luba in the west of the island (with 26,331 inhabitants in 2015) and Riaba in the east (with 8,343 inhabitants in 2015).
Part of the
Parque Nacional del Pico Basilé, created in 2000, is in Bioko Sur.
References
Provinces of Equatorial Guinea
Bioko
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