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On a whim: Equatorial Guinea building new capital city in the middle of the rainforest

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-07-03

More than 8,000 hectares of rainforest are under threat as the nation builds a new $600 million capital city from scratch. Called Oyala, and also known as Djibloho, the city is expected to be completed by 2020 and house up to 200,000 people -- about an eighth of the entire population of the entire country.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0702-zvomuya-gfrn-oyala.html