"Oyala (also known as Djibloho) is a city in current construction to be the future capital of Equatorial Guinea replacing the city of Malabo. It is a planned city which is expected to finish building on an unspecified date in a place chosen for its easy access and climate benign. It is to be located in Wele-Nzas Province, near the town of Mengomeyén.
The city was designed by Portuguese studio for architecture and urbanism IDF - Ideias para o Futuro (Ideas for the Future), and is projected to have around 200,000 inhabitants, a new Congress building, a number of Presidential villas and an area of 8150 hectares."
Note: Other planned cities in Africa are: Abuja, Nigeria; Gaborone, Botswana; Dodoma, Tanzania; Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire; Konza, Kenya; Ramciel, South Sudan; and Lusaka, Zambia.
See also http://aftermath2022.blogspot.com/2012/12/equatorial-guinea-has-new-capital.html
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