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resumption of Spanish sovereignty in 1843, and until 1904, the colony went by various names in official documents. The name of the colony in an 1868 royal decree that outlined the administration of the colony was the Spanish Possessions on the Gulf of Guinea. The other name commonly used was the name Colony of Fernando Poo and Dependencies. In a royal decree in 1904, the official name became Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea as many of the administrative inefficiencies in the previous decrees were rectified.

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