San Antonio de Ureca
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San Antonio de Ureca, also known as Ureka or Ureca is a village found in Bioko Sur Province
Bioko Sur Province
Bioko Sur Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Luba. It occupies the southern part of the island of Bioko, the remnant of which comprises Bioko Norte Province....

, south of Malabo
Malabo
Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea, located on the northern coast of Bioko Island on the rim of a sunken volcano....

 on the Bioko
Bioko
Bioko is an island 32 km off the west coast of Africa, specifically Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea with a population of 124,000 and an area of . It is volcanic with its highest peak the Pico Basile at .-Geography:Bioko has a total area of...

 island, 32 km off the west coast of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, in the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf....

.The island is the northernmost part of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

The town of Ureka which is included among the wettest areas in the world, receives about 10,450 millimeters (418 ins) of rainfall annually.

It is the wettest place in Africa, followed closely by Debundscha
Debundscha
Debundscha is a village in the Southwestern Region, of the republic of Cameroon. It is found at the foot of the Mount Cameroon,at its south western slope, directly facing the south Atlantic ocean on the Cameroon coast....

, a nearby mainland town in Cameroon which receives about 10,299 millimeters (411.96 ins) of rainfall annually.
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