{{More citations needed|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Mongomo |other_name = Mongomo de Guadalupe |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = File:Stade-Mongomo.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Mongomo Stadium |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Equatorial Guinea mainland<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_mapsize =250 |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Equatorial Guinea <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Wele-Nzas |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =7251 |population_density_km2 =auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro =53500 |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|1|38|43.34|N|11|19|00.60|E|region:GQ|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = Aw |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Mongomo''' is a town in the province of Wele-Nzas on mainland Equatorial Guinea, on the eastern border, roughly 1&nbsp;km (0.62&nbsp;mi) west of Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province.

The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, was born in Mongomo.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Turner|editor-first=Barry|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2007: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|date=2006|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|page=443|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzQUDgAAQBAJ|isbn=978-0-2302-7-1357}}</ref>

== Religion == The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mongomo is the largest religious building in Central Africa and the second largest Roman Catholic church throughout Africa, after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. It is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mongomo.<ref>[https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mong2.htm Immaculate Conception Basilica, Equatorial Guinea], GCatholic.org. Accessed 27 December 2023.</ref>

== Sports == Mongomo's football club is Deportivo Mongomo, active in the Equatoguinean Premier League. Mongomo was named a host city of the 2015 African Cup of Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30780020|title=Afcon 2015: Ebola fears, freebies & big names - all you need to know|date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

== Other == The Mongomo Hotel is located in Kos Ete, Mongomo.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130104092649/http://www.mbendi.com/travel/venu/21/f790.htm Mongomo Hotel], mbendi.com. Accessed 5 December 2023.</ref>

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