formerly (until 1973) Santa Isabel
City (pop., 1995 est.: 47,500), capital of Equatorial Guinea .
Located on the northern edge of the island of Bioko , it is the republic's commercial and financial centre. The main activity of its harbour is the export of cocoa, timber, and coffee. Its population fluctuated in the 1960s and '70s: the European population declined after 1969 riots there, and the African population declined when Nigerian contract workers returned to Nigeria in the mid 1970s.