Equatorial Guinean immigration to Spain

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Equatorial Guinean immigration to Spain
Total population
23,561 [1] [2] (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Palma de Mallorca, Valladolid, Las Palmas
Languages
Equatoguinean Spanish, Fang, Bubi
Religion
mainly Roman Catholicism

The presence of people from Equatorial Guinea in Spain dates back to the 1990s.

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Numbers

As of 2019, in Spain, there are 13,737 regular immigrants from Equatorial Guinea. The five cities with the most people from Equatorial Guinea are: Benidorm, Marbella, Valencia, Barcelona and Málaga. [3]

Notable people from Equatorial Guinean in Spain

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References

  1. "Población por país de nacimiento, comunidades y provincias, sexo y edad (hasta 100 y más)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Población y Edad Media por país de nacionalidad, unidad de medida y sexo". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. "Estadística del Padrón Continuo". Comuna (in Spanish). 1 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.