Black Beach
Black Beach is a prison located on the island of Bioko, in the former capital city of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. It is considered one of Africa's most notorious prisons.- Type: Prison
- Description: African prison
- Also known as: “Prisión de Playa Negra” and “Prisión Playa Negra”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral, Malabo and Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española.
St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral, Malabo
Church
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Elizabeth's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located on Independencia Avenue in the city of Malabo, the former capital of Equatorial Guinea, home of the Archdiocese of Malabo. St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral, Malabo is situated 620 metres southwest of Black Beach.
Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española
Public building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Equatoguinean Academy of the Spanish Language is an association of academics and experts on the use of the Spanish language in Equatorial Guinea, a republic in Central Africa in which Spanish is the national official language. Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española is situated 1 km southwest of Black Beach.
Spanish Cultural Centre in Malabo
Government office
Photo: Contribuidora wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spanish Cultural Centre in Malabo is a government office, which is situated 2 km southwest of Black Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malabo and Rebola.
Malabo
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malabo is the second-largest city in, and the former capital of, Equatorial Guinea and is located on the island of Bioko. Notable buildings in Malabo include Malabo Cathedral, Malabo Government Building and the Malabo Court Building. Ciudad de la Paz became the new capital on 2 January 2026.
Rebola
Town
Rebola is a town and the capital of the province of Bioko Norte, in Equatorial Guinea. Rebola is situated 6 km southeast of Black Beach.
Black Beach
- Category: government building
- Location: Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
3.7596° or 3° 45′ 35″ northLongitude
8.78781° or 8° 47′ 16″ eastOpen location code
6FMCQQ5Q+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 284125625OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q4567104
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Black Beach” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن الشاطئ الأسود”
- Catalan: “Presó Playa Negra”
- Czech: “Černá pláž”
- Czech: “Playa Negra”
- French: “Black Beach”
- French: “Prisión Playa Negra”
- French: “Prison de Plage Noire”
- German: “Black Beach”
- German: “Prisión Playa Negra”
- Japanese: “ブラックビーチ刑務所”
- Japanese: “プラヤ・ネグラ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Black Beach”
- Norwegian: “Black Beach”
- Slovenian: “Črna plaža”
- Slovenian: “Playa Negra”
- Spanish: “Prision Playa Negra”
- Spanish: “Prisión Playa Negra”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hospital Regional de Malabo and People’s Palace.
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