Ebibeyin ( ) is a town in the northeastern corner of mainland

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 ...

. It is the capital of the province of

Kié-Ntem Kie-ntem or Kie Ntem () is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Ebibeyin. Kie-ntem borders the following country subdivisions: * South Region, Cameroon - north *Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese R ...

. It lies very close to the Equatorial Guinea-

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

tripoint A triple border, tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geography, geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or Administrative division, subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints ...

. It is the end point of three main transport routes coming from Bata,

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the Capital city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...

and major cities in central

. Most of the city lies outside the de-jure boundaries of Equatorial Guinea.

Religion

Ebibeyin Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebibeyin.

Sports

Ebibeyin was a host city of the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was org ...

, for which the Estadio de Ebibeyin was built. The Estadio serves as the home pitch for

Akonangui FC Akonangui Fútbol Club is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Ebibeyin. It was dissolved in 2010,Equatoguinean Primera División The Liga de Fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial (LIFGE, formerly known as Liga Semiprofesional and Primera División de Honor) is the top division of the Equatoguinean football league system. It was founded in 1979. Prior to independence, two separate ...

and

Equatoguinean Cup The Equatoguinean Cup (Spanish: ''Copa de Su Excelencia'') is the top knockout tournament of the Equatoguinean football. Its full name is Equatoguinean Cup - King's Cup Abudunal Sun. It was created in 1974. Winners *1978 : Union (Mongomo) *1979 : ...

winner.

References

Populated places in Kié-Ntem {{EquatorialGuinea-geo-stub