Spanish Guinea

Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea
*Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea* (Spanish)
Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea (Spanish)
1778–1968
	Coat of arms
	Anthem: Marcha Real (1844–1873, 1874–1931, 1942–1968); Himno de Riego (1873–1874, 1931–1942)
	Location of Spanish Guinea in 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 Caudillo
• 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;
• Treaty of El Pardo	11 March 1778
• Spanish evacuate Fernando Po	1780
• Spanish sovereignty reasserted over Fernando Po	1844
• 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
	Governorate 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.