Wonder how will this affect the island of Bioko, and more importantly LeBron’s legacy
IoIoIoYoIoIoI on
Good for them.
I am sure it was not cheap or easy to move the governing bureaucracy body, even if it is fairly small.
MagicSunlight23 on
I always used to remember the capital of Equatorial Guinea because it sounded like Malibu in California and the new capital will be harder to remember as it looks more difficult to pronounce. But on hearing how its pronounced, I realised it’s like Baghdad. Bag dad. This one is ‘see you dad duh la Paz’
Now it’s on the mainland is great to be more central and accessible. Which has got me thinking, why was Malabo designated the capital in the first place if it’s soo far away?
Lumpy-Tone-4653 on
Thats weird…normally they use the mainland just to exploit the main population and send the wealth to the island were all the corrupt goverment lives.
arturinoburachelini on
Interesting to have (had) the capital smack in the middle of another country 😀
GustavoistSoldier on
Equatorial Guinea is a corrupt dictatorship.
Shliopanec on
‘Improve government unity’ and its just moving the capital to the middle of nowhere in the jungle farther away from the regular people
ILookAfterThePigs on
Great day for r/datemymap
J_FM01 on
It’s not about governance and unity, their 46-year dictator was afraid of a coup with the capital being on an island.
Outside-Sun3454 on
Equatorial Guinea is one of the most unequal nations that exist, they have such a extreme amount of oil then can literally recreate the same city on the mainland and then only spend 5% of it’s gdp of healthcare and education combined. Doesn’t help that Equatorial Guinea has had only two presidents, one of which was so insane that a quarter of the population just outright fled. The country spends so much money on “infrastructure” which is just a fancy way to launder even more oil money. When half of a nation cannot drink clean water, but the nation is making a replica of their capital just cause, it doesn’t indicate good vibes. Even on the island capital a vast portion of buildings are simply unused because they are not actually meant to be used, this is a way to launder the oil money of the nation. Dozens of apartment blocks and mansions will simply be unused, while the construction contractors of the nation flex their wealth on videos.
MattV0 on
Are you kidding me? 3 or 4 days ago I accidently learned about this fact. And now it’s already outdated…
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Mind-blowing how a country can just yeet its capital city to a whole new location!
Sao Tome and Principe mentioned!
[For futher research.](https://www.newcitiesatlas.com/ciudad-de-la-paz-oyala/)
Wonder how will this affect the island of Bioko, and more importantly LeBron’s legacy
Good for them.
I am sure it was not cheap or easy to move the governing bureaucracy body, even if it is fairly small.
I always used to remember the capital of Equatorial Guinea because it sounded like Malibu in California and the new capital will be harder to remember as it looks more difficult to pronounce. But on hearing how its pronounced, I realised it’s like Baghdad. Bag dad. This one is ‘see you dad duh la Paz’
Now it’s on the mainland is great to be more central and accessible. Which has got me thinking, why was Malabo designated the capital in the first place if it’s soo far away?
Thats weird…normally they use the mainland just to exploit the main population and send the wealth to the island were all the corrupt goverment lives.
Interesting to have (had) the capital smack in the middle of another country 😀
Equatorial Guinea is a corrupt dictatorship.
‘Improve government unity’ and its just moving the capital to the middle of nowhere in the jungle farther away from the regular people
Great day for r/datemymap
It’s not about governance and unity, their 46-year dictator was afraid of a coup with the capital being on an island.
Equatorial Guinea is one of the most unequal nations that exist, they have such a extreme amount of oil then can literally recreate the same city on the mainland and then only spend 5% of it’s gdp of healthcare and education combined. Doesn’t help that Equatorial Guinea has had only two presidents, one of which was so insane that a quarter of the population just outright fled. The country spends so much money on “infrastructure” which is just a fancy way to launder even more oil money. When half of a nation cannot drink clean water, but the nation is making a replica of their capital just cause, it doesn’t indicate good vibes. Even on the island capital a vast portion of buildings are simply unused because they are not actually meant to be used, this is a way to launder the oil money of the nation. Dozens of apartment blocks and mansions will simply be unused, while the construction contractors of the nation flex their wealth on videos.
Are you kidding me? 3 or 4 days ago I accidently learned about this fact. And now it’s already outdated…