Spanish Guinea

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Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea (Spanish)
1858–1968
Flag of Spain (1843–1931) Coat of arms
Anthem: Marcha Real (1858–1873, 1874–1931, 1942–1968) Himno de Riego (1873–1874, 1931–1942)
Location of Spanish Guinea in central Africa.
Status	Dependencies of Spain (1858–1926) Colony of Spain (1926–1956) Province of Spain (1956–1968)
Capital	Santa Isabel
Common languages	Spanish (official) Annobonese Creole Pichinglis Fang
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Spanish Colonial Government
Monarch and Head of State
• 1858–1868 (first)	Isabella II
• 1936–1968 (last)	Francisco Franco
Governor-General
• 1858–1859 (first)	Carlos Chacon y Michelina
• 1966–1968 (last)	Víctor Suances Díaz del Río
Historical era	New Imperialism World War I World War II Cold War
• Established	11 March 1858
• Spanish take possession of Fernado Po. Administered as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	1778
• Spanish evacuate Fernado Po	1780
• Spanish sovereignty reasserted over Fernando Po	1843
• Protectorate established over Rio Muni	1885
• Definitive territorial delimitation by the Treaty of Paris	1900
• Administrative union of the various colonies	1926
• Independence	12 October 1968
Currency	Spanish peseta
Preceded by Succeeded by British Occupation of Fernando Po Fang people Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco Equatorial Guinea
Today part of	Equatorial Guinea

Spanish Guinea (Spanish: Guinea Española) was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 as Equatorial Guinea.