Heavily forested with little urban development, the southern central part includes part of the Parque Nacional del Pico Basilé, a 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi) national park which was established in 2000.

In the northern part are Rebola and the national Equatorial Guinean capital, Malabo.

The smaller settlement of Santiago de Baney lies in northeastern part of the province.

[3] The southern central part is heavily forested and hilly in the Parque Nacional del Pico Basilé area.

[5] The poet Behori Sipi Botau (born 1960), who hails from Rebola, and now living in the United States, is of Bubi ancestry.