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T H E INTERVIEW
THE HONORABLE
TOMAS DICKENS
Consul General Of
Equatorial Guinea
Conversation with
Heidi Powell-Prera
44 iF Magazine | November 2018
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n addition to the Consulate General in Houston, Equato-
rial Guinea also has an Embassy in Washington, D.C. The
Equatorial Guinea Consulate General in Houston is one of 48
Equatorial Guinea diplomatic and consular representations
abroad. The Equatorial Guinea capital Malabo hosts 26 em-
bassies, and in addition there are 17 consulates. The United
States maintains an embassy in Malabo. The main cities in Equatorial
Guinea are Bata and Malabo. Its neighboring countries are Camer-
oon, Gabon, Nigeria, Sao Tome, and Principe. With a relatively small
population and only 50 years of Independence from Spain, Equatorial
Guinea has grown into an International contender in the Energy Sector
and they plan to do a lot more in the years ahead.