Spanish Guinea

Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea (Spanish)
1778–1968
Coat of arms
Anthem: Marcha Real (1844–1873, 1874–1931, 1942–1968) Himno de Riego (1873–1874, 1931–1942)
Location of Spanish Guinea in Africa
Status	Dependencies of Spain (1858–1926) Colony of Spain (1926–1956) Province of Spain (1956–1968)
Capital	Santa Isabel
Common languages	Spanish (official) Annobonese Creole Pichinglis Fang
Religion	Catholicism
Monarch and Caudillo
• 1858–1868 (first)	Isabella II
• 1936–1968 (last)	Francisco Franco
Governor-General
• 1858–1859 (first)	Carlos Chacon y Michelina
• 1966–1968 (last)	Víctor Suances y Díaz del Río
Historical era	New Imperialism World War I World War II Cold War
• Treaty of El Pardo	11 March 1778
• Spanish evacuate Fernando Po	1780
• Spanish sovereignty reasserted over Fernando Po	1844
• Protectorate established over Río Muni	1885
• Definitive territorial delimitation by the Treaty of Paris	1900
• Administrative union of the various colonies	1926
• Independence	12 October 1968
Currency	Spanish peseta
Preceded by Succeeded by Governorate of Fernando Po Fang people Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco Equatorial Guinea
Today part of	Equatorial Guinea

Spanish Guinea (Spanish: Guinea Española) was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 as Equatorial Guinea.

Name

From the resumption of Spanish sovereignty in 1843, and until 1904, the colony went by various names in official documents. The name of the colony in an 1868 royal decree that outlined the administration of the colony was the Spanish Possessions on the Gulf of Guinea. The other name commonly used was the name Colony of