GQ

Equatorial Guinea

Description

Equatorial Guinea is a small Central African country on the Gulf of Guinea, comprising a mainland region, Río Muni, bordered by Cameroon and Gabon, along with the island of Bioko and several smaller islands. Its capital is Ciudad de la Paz, a purpose-built city on the mainland that replaced Malabo, the historic capital on Bioko Island, as capital in early 2026. Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa's leading oil producers. The ISO 3166-1 codes for Equatorial Guinea (alpha-2 GQ, alpha-3 GNQ, numeric 226) are used across internet domains, currency and banking systems, and international shipping and travel documents.

Country Codes Details

ISO Code
GQ
Alpha-3 Code
GNQ
Country Name
Equatorial Guinea
Numeric Code
226
Continent
Africa
Capital
Ciudad de la Paz
Flag
🇬🇶

Phone codes for this country

1 phone codes found
Phone codes used in Equatorial Guinea

++240 Equatorial Guinea

Mobile Landline +240 222 123 456

Airports in this country

2 airports found
Airports located in Equatorial Guinea

BSG Bata Airport

ICAO: FGBT Bata medium_airport Scheduled

SSG Malabo Airport

ICAO: FGSL Malabo medium_airport Scheduled

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Official Sources

International Organization for Standardization

Official ISO 3166-1 country codes standard

International standards body maintaining country codes

United Nations Statistics Division

UN M49 country and area codes for statistical use

United Nations official geographical codes