Bioko Norte
{{Short description|Province of Equatorial Guinea}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bioko Norte
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Province
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Equatorial Guinea
| subdivision_type1 = Capital
| subdivision_name1 = Rebola
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| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map = Bioko Norte in Equatorial Guinea 2020.svg
| area_total_km2 = 776
| population_as_of = 2015
| population_total = 300374
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{Coord|3|40|48|N|8|46|48|E|region:GQ-BN_type:adm1st_source:kolossus-nowiki|display=title,inline}}
| iso_code = GQ-BN
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Bioko Norte ({{IPA|es|ˈbjoko ˈnoɾte}}) is the second-most populated of the eight provinces of Equatorial Guinea, after the Litoral province. Both the provincial capital, Rebola, and the national capital, Malabo are located here. Heavily forested with little urban development, the southern central part includes part of the Parque Nacional del Pico Basilé, a {{convert|330|km2}} national park which was established in 2000.
Geography
Bioko Norte occupies the northern part of the island of Bioko, the remainder of which is in Bioko Sur. In the northern part are Rebola and the national Equatorial Guinean capital, Malabo. The smaller settlement of Santiago de Baney lies in northeastern part of the province. On the northeast coast is the resort of Sipopo, which contains a 200-room hotel run by the Sofitel hotel chain, Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf.{{cite web|url=http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-8212-sofitel-malabo-sipopo-le-golf/index.shtml|title=Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf|publisher=Sofitel|accessdate=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611202512/http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-8212-sofitel-malabo-sipopo-le-golf/index.shtml|archive-date=11 June 2018|url-status=dead}} The village of Basupu is situated to the northwest of Malabo, along the main road.{{Google maps | url =https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parque+Nacional+del+Pico+Basil%C3%A9+o+Pico+Santa+Isabel,+Equatorial+Guinea/@3.6612964,8.7771497,23347m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x106421e9a1c5440b:0x4e9ed8253e469d2b!8m2!3d3.639689!4d8.7701797?hl=en | accessdate =7 November 2016}}
The province is dominated by tropical rainforest with little urban development. There are anti-personnel mines in the forests of Rebola, Baney and the Moka Valley.{{cite book|title=Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPj16Xxyi9kC&pg=PA248|year=2002|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-277-7|page=248}} The southern central part is heavily forested and hilly in the Parque Nacional del Pico Basilé area. The national park spans the southern central part of the province and the northern part of Bioko Sur Province. The {{convert|330|km2}} park was established in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://protectedplanet.net/pico-de-basile-national-park|title=Pico de Basile National Park|publisher=Protectedplanet.net|accessdate=7 November 2016|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802101725/https://protectedplanet.net/pico-de-basile-national-park|url-status=dead}} The uninhabited island of Islote Horacio ({{Coord|3|45|33|N|8|54|30|E|region:GQ_type:isle|display=inline}}) is located off the northeast coast.
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Demographics
There are significant populations of Bubi people in the province, who speak the Bubi language.{{cite book|last1=Tortora|first1=Christina|last2=Dikken|first2=Marcel den|last3=Montoya|first3=Ignacio L.|title=Romance Linguistics 2013: Selected papers from the 43rd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbpwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA238|date=15 February 2016|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|location= New York|isbn=978-90-272-6768-9|page=238}} The poet Behori Sipi Botau (born 1960), who hails from Rebola, and now living in the United States, is of Bubi ancestry.{{cite book|title=World Literature in Spanish: G-Q|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2ZGvO0kQ3kC&pg=PA353|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-33770-3|page=353}}
References
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