Bioko Norte

Bioko Norte (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈbjokoˈnoɾte]) is the second-most populated of the eight provinces of Equatorial Guinea, after the Litoral province. It contained 300,374 of the island's 335,048 inhabitants in 2015, sub-divided into 2 districts - Malabo (271,008) and Baney (27,366). Both the provincial capital, Rebola, and the former 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 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi) national park which was established in 2000.

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 former national Equatorial Guinean capital, Malabo. The smaller settlement of Santiago de Baney lies in northeastern part of the province.^[1] 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.^[2] The village of Basupu is situated to the northwest of Malabo, along the main road.^[1]

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.^[3] The southern central part is heavily forested and hilly in the Parque Nacional del Pico Basilé area.^[1] The national park spans the southern central part of the province and the northern part of Bioko Sur Province. The 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi) park was established in 2000.^[4] The uninhabited island of Islote Horacio (3°45′33″N8°54′30″E / 3.75917°N 8.90833°E / 3.75917; 8.90833) is located off the northeast coast.^[1]

توجد أعداد كبيرة من شعب البوبي في المقاطعة، ويتحدثون لغة البوبي . ^{[ 5 ]} الشاعر بيهوري سيبي بوتاو (مواليد 1960)، المنحدر من ريبولا، والذي يعيش الآن في الولايات المتحدة، هو من أصول بوبية. ^{[ 6 ]}