'City of Peace'), formerly Oyala, also known as Djibloho – Ciudad de la Paz, is a city in Equatorial Guinea that is being built to replace Malabo as the national capital.
[3][4][5] Established as an urban district in Wele-Nzas in 2015,[6] it is now the administrative headquarters of Djibloho, Equatorial Guinea's newest province created in 2017, and is located near the town of Mengomeyén.
[13] Oyala – Ciudad de la Paz is located near the centre of Río Muni, the continental part of Equatorial Guinea.
Temperatures remain very warm throughout the course of the year, albeit lower than one might expect in other places with the same climate, especially considering its proximity to the equator.
[2] The city will be built on an area of 8,150 hectares (81.5 km2 or 20,100 acres)[11][12] According to FAT, the Djibloho project "combines modernity and respect for the cultural roots of the country, promoting local identity and the richness of the ecosystem in which it operates, prioritizing sustainability in the most varied aspects" stressing that "this project aims to create the first global capital entirely dependent on renewable and sustainable energy."
President of Equatorial Guinea Government In 2021, a video sponsored by the China State Construction group, which is part of the building consortium, showed what appeared to be an overpass of completed, but not yet functioning, highways to Oyala, Bata, Mongomo and Mengomeyén airport.
However, 2022 videos show two glass towers, the gateway to the campus of the Afro-American University of Central Africa,[18] several administrative style buildings and the Grand Hotel Djibloho all appearing functionally complete.
[19] The 380-room hotel has a golf course, wellness centre and facilities for conferences as large as 1200 people, though its own website[20] describes itself as being surrounded by tropical forest, which suggests that it is not in the heart of a city.