Annobón Province is a small
province of
Equatorial Guinea consisting of the
island of
Annobón and its associated islets in the
Gulf of Guinea and
Atlantic Ocean's
Cameroon Line. The provincial capital is
San Antonio de Palé on the north side of the island; the other town is Mabana, formerly known as San Pedro. The
roadstead is relatively safe, and some passing vessels take advantage of it in order to obtain water and fresh provisions, of which Annobon offers an abundant supply. However, there is no regular shipping service to the rest of Equatorial Guinea, and ships call as infrequently as every few months. During the 2015 census, it had 5,232 inhabitants, a small population increase from the 5,008 registered by the 2001 census. The official language is
Spanish but most of the inhabitants speak a
creole form of
Portuguese. The island's main industries are
fishing and
timbering.