San Antonio de Ureca

San Antonio de Ureca
Village
San Antonio de Ureca
Location in Bioko
San Antonio de Ureca
San Antonio de Ureca (Equatorial Guinea)
Coordinates: 3°16′N 8°31′E / 3.267°N 8.517°E / 3.267; 8.517
Country  Equatorial Guinea
Province Bioko Sur
Elevation 186 m (610 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate Am

San Antonio de Ureca, also known as Ureka or Ureca is a village in Bioko Sur, Equatorial Guinea, south of Malabo on the island of Bioko. The town of Ureka is included among the wettest areas in the world; it receives about 10,450 millimeters (418 ins) of rainfall annually. It is the wettest place in Africa.[1]

References

  1. Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, David Anthony Briscoe (2004). A primer of conservation genetics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-53827-0.


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