According to Article 3 of the Constitution of Equatorial Guinea, the country is divided for administrative and economic purposes into regions, provinces, districts, and municipalities. In practice, the provinces serve as the first-level administrative divisions. Municipalities are subdivided into village councils and neighbourhood communities. Many of the sub-municipal entities are grouped into urban districts, which remain subordinate to municipalities and are distinct from districts proper.

Regions Equatorial Guinea is divided into a continental region known as Río Muni, and an insular region comprising Bioko, Annobón, Corisco, Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, , Conga, Leva, Cocoteros and other smaller islets. The islets of Mbañe, Conga, and Cocoteros were subject to a territorial dispute with Gabon until 2025, when the International Court of Justice ruled in favour of Equatorial Guinea.

Provinces

Equatorial Guinea is divided into eight provinces (capitals appear in parentheses):

Annobón (San Antonio de Palé) Bioko Norte (Malabo) Bioko Sur (Luba) Centro Sur (Evinayong) Djibloho (Ciudad de la Paz) Kié-Ntem (Ebebiyín) Litoral (Bata) Wele-Nzas (Mongomo)

The provinces are further divided into 19 districts and 37 municipalities.

Districts and municipalities

The 19 districts and 37 municipalities of Equatorial Guinea are organized as shown in the following table. Municipalities that are the capitals of their respective provinces are shown in bold.

Districts and municipalities of Equatorial Guinea, grouped by province Provinces PopulationArea Districts Population MunicipalitiesPopulation199420012015199420012001 Annobón2,8205,0085,31417 San Antonio de Palé2,8205,008 San Antonio de Palé5008 Bioko Norte75,137231,428300,374776 Malabo 64,439211,276 Malabo211,276 Baney10,69820,152 Baney11,893 Rebola8,259Bioko Sur12,46929,03434,6741,241Luba9,24223,870 Luba23,870 Riaba3,3275,164 Riaba5,164 Centro Sur60,341120,856141,9869,931 Akurenam11,63120,255 Akurenam20,255 Evinayong21,35346,867 Bicurga15,346 Evinayong31,521 Niefang27,35753,734 Niefang37,273 Nkimi16,461 Kié-Ntem92,779167,279183,6643,943 Ebebiyín45,55788,891 Bidjabidján28,144 Ebebiyín60,747 Micomeseng29,95345,409 Micomeseng20,226 Ncue14,955 Nsang10,228 Nsok-Nsomo17,26932,979 Nsok-Nsomo32,979 Litoral100,047298,414367,3486,665 Bata71,406244,264 Bata230,282 Machinda9,387 Río Campo4,595 Mbini14,03428,586 Bitica8,291 Mbini20,295Cogo14,60725,564 Cogo23,121 Corisco2,443 Wele-Nzas62,458157,980192,0175,478 Aconibe9,06520,105 Aconibe20,105 Añisok22,61352,684 Añisok40,395 Ayene12,289 Mongomo23,75669,154 Mengomeyén15,644 Mongomo53,510 Nsork7,02416,037 Nsork16,037

Sub-municipal local government Below the municipalities are further entities of local government, called village councils (consejos de poblados) in rural areas and neighbourhood communities (comunidades de vecinos) in urban areas. According to a 2013 United Nations report, there were 716 village councils and 344 neighbourhood communities in Equatorial Guinea.

Neighbourhood communities in the urban areas of Malabo and Bata are grouped into urban districts (distritos urbanos), five in each city. These urban districts are subordinate to municipalities and are thus different from districts proper which lie above the municipal level of government.

In 2017, Equatorial Guinea created three new urban districts from various village councils and neighbourhood communities in every district proper (including Bata and Malabo, which now have eight urban districts each) except for Annobón and Djibloho, which each saw the creation of two urban districts. Thus there are now a total of 65 urban districts in Equatorial Guinea.

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