<P> Equatorial Guinea ( Spanish : Guinea Ecuatorial , French : Guinée équatoriale , Portuguese : Guiné Equatorial ) , officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( Spanish : República de Guinea Ecuatorial , French : République de Guinée équatoriale , Portuguese : República da Guiné Equatorial ) , is a country located in Central Africa , with an area of 28,000 square kilometres ( 11,000 sq mi ) . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea , its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea . Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language . As of 2015 , the country had an estimated population of 1,222,245 . </P>
where is guinea ecuatorial located on the map
in Central Africa near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea