Fernando Póo

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Fernando Póo is the former colonial name of Bioko Island, a volcanic island in the Gulf of Guinea that is now part of Equatorial Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fernando Póo canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial name ⓘ
island ⓘ
alternativeHistoricalSpelling Fernando Po ⓘ
linked to: Bioko Island

Fernando Poo ⓘ
archipelago Bight of Biafra islands ⓘ
linked to: Bight of Biafra
belongsToCountrySince Equatorial Guinea independence in 1968 ⓘ
belongsToIslandGroup Equatorial Guinea insular region ⓘ
capitalCityOnIsland Malabo ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
countryDuringColonialPeriod Spanish Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Río Muni
currentName Bioko ⓘ
linked to: Bioko Island
discoveredBy Fernão do Pó ⓘ
discovererNationality Portuguese ⓘ
discoveryCentury 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroupsOnIsland Bubi people ⓘ
Fang people ⓘ
formerAdministrativeStatus Spanish colony ⓘ
province of Spanish Guinea ⓘ
formerColonialPower Portugal ⓘ
formerNameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
formerNameOf Bioko ⓘ
linked to: Bioko Island
formerOfficialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
formerProvinceName Fernando Póo Province ⓘ
hasCity Luba ⓘ
Malabo ⓘ
hasSettlement Riaba ⓘ
islandType volcanic island ⓘ
largestCityOnIsland Malabo ⓘ
laterColonialPower Spain ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
mainEconomicActivitiesHistorical cocoa production ⓘ
coffee production ⓘ
timber ⓘ
namedAfter Fernão do Pó ⓘ
nearbyMainlandCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
partOf Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
partOfGeologicalRegion Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ
politicalStatusToday part of Bioko Norte Province and Bioko Sur Province ⓘ
regionOfWorld Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
renamedTo Bioko ⓘ
linked to: Bioko Island
sovereignState Spain ⓘ
usedAsNameUntil late 20th century ⓘ
volcanicOrigin yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bioko Island → formerName → Fernando Póo ⓘ
Fernando Póo Province → namedAfter → Fernando Póo ⓘ