Bioko

Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Po or Fernando Poo. It is part of Equatorial Guinea.

It is 44 miles long from N.N.E. to S.S.W. and about 20 miles across.

The island was discovered in 1472 by the Portuguese navigator Fernão da Po.

Portugal ceded to Spain Fernando Poo, Annobon and the Guinea coast in 1778, with the Treaty of El Pardo.

Spain then mounted an expedition to Fernando Poo, led by the Conde de Argelejos.

From 1827 to 1843 the British leased bases at Port Clarence (modern Malabo) and San Carlos for the anti-slavery patrols.

Notably Fernando Poo was a central historical nexus in Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! trilogy.

External link

Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program

Non-Fiction Usage: Bioko

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Equatorial Guinea	The law prohibits ethnic political parties, and the Bubi-dominated Movement for Self-determination of Bioko (MIAB) was banned. (references)
	Equatorial Guinea	In 2000 the Government eliminated a number of military roadblocks on the island of Bioko between Malabo and Luba and also in the vicinity of Bata on the mainland. (references)
Economic History	Equatorial Guinea	Riaba is the other port of any scale on Bioko but is less active. (references)
Human Rights	Equatorial Guinea	In May 1998, a public trial of 116 persons reportedly involved in the January 1998 alleged revolt on Bioko took place before a military tribunal; 63 persons (of whom 2 died shortly after the trial) were convicted of at least 1 charge and sentenced to between 4 and 26 years; 15 were sentenced to death, but later their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. (references)
Minorities	Equatorial Guinea	The two Spanish colonies were united 9 years before independence, after which many Fang migrated to Bioko, where Malabo, the capital, is located. (references)
	Equatorial Guinea	Bubis allegedly led the January 1998 separatist revolt on Bioko, after which the Fang-dominated Government and the security forces intensified their longstanding institutionalized repression of the Bubis and allowed Fang vigilante groups to abuse Bubi citizens with impunity. (references)
Travel	Eq. Guinea	Two others--Canadian Helicopters and South Africa's Eagle (Aguila) Air Service--are chartered and managed by Mobil Aviation and primarily used by the petroleum companies headquartered on the island of Bioko. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: Bioko

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-k-o-o"
	-1 letter: book, kobo.
	-2 letters: bio, boo, kob, koi, obi.
	-3 letters: bi, bo.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-k-o-o"
	+1 letter: bookie.
	+2 letters: bookies, booking, bookish, boomkin, brookie.
	+3 letters: billhook, bobolink, bookings, booklice, boomkins, bootlick, bousouki, bouzouki, brookies, brooking, brookite.
	+4 letters: audiobook, billhooks, bobolinks, bookishly, bootlicks, bousoukia, bousoukis, bouzoukia, bouzoukis, brookites, guidebook, motorbike, rebooking, unbookish.
	+5 letters: audiobooks, bookbinder, bookmaking, bookmobile, bootlicked, bootlicker, broomstick, guidebooks, motorbiked, motorbikes, prebooking.
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