Bata

Bata is really the mainland's true capital in every way that matters, a port city on the Atlantic side of Rio Muni with a seafront boulevard laid out on a scale the whole country's population barely fills. Oil services companies occupy a great deal of the modern skyline, while a cathedral and older streets survive close to the water below. It is the practical base for reaching Monte Alén, since the rainforest itself begins not far behind the coastal strip. A weekly boat crosses over to Malabo whenever weather and mechanical condition genuinely allow it.