Litoral (, meaning "Coastal rovince) is the most populous

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 ...

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 ...

, recording a population of 367,348 in the 2015 national census. Its capital is Bata; the other two cities are

Mbini Mbini is a town in Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea, lying at the mouth of the Benito River. ''Mbini'' is the Ndowe language, Ndowe name for Río Muni. It is located 44 km southwest of Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Bata. In 1994, the population was ...

and Kogo. Litoral's western border is the

Gulf of Guinea The Gulf of Guinea (French language, French: ''Golfe de Guinée''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Golfo de Guinea''; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Golfo da Guiné'') is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez i ...

coast. It is the only coastal province of

Río Muni Río Muni (called ''Mbini'' in Fang language, Fang) is the Continental Region (called ''Región Continental'' in Spanish language, Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering . The name is derived fr ...

. On land, it borders the following country subdivisions: * South Province, Cameroon—north * Centro Sur, Equatorial Guinea—east * Estuaire Province, Gabon—south

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Provinces of Equatorial Guinea {{EquatorialGuinea-geo-stub