Elobey Chico is a smaller island offshore, now uninhabited but once the colonialcapital of the Rio Muni, Elobey Grande is an island of Equatorial Guinea, lying at the mouth of the Mitémélé River. It is sparsely inhabited. In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically-distant state (or city, in ancient times). ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Rio Muni (called Mbini in Fang), mainland geographical region of Equatorial Guinea, covering 26,000 km². Rio Muni was ceded by Portugal to Spain in 1778. ...
With Corisco and the Elobeys it comprises the continental (formerly Río Muni and Mbini) region, an area of 26,017 sq km (10,045 sq mi).
The most mountainous parts of this region are in the south-west, where the plateaux and hill ranges rise to form part of the Cristal Mountains of Gabon.
The population is composed almost entirely of fl Africans: the Bantu-speaking Bubis, most of whom live on Bioko; the Bengas on Elobey and Corisco; and the Fang on the mainland.
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