| COUNTRY FACTS: GABON | |
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| Name(official): | Gabonese Republic |
| Name(short): | Gabon |
| Capital City: | Libreville |
| Location: | Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic ocean at the Equator, between Republic of Congo and Equitorial Guinea Click to enlarge
 Map of Gabon |
| Coordinate: | 1 00 N, 11 45 E |
| Independence: | (From France) August 17th; 1960. |
| President: |
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| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 267 667sq.km. |
| Population: | 1,545,255 (July 2010 est.) |
| People: | Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality. |
| Religion: | Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% |
| Languages: | French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi. |
| Literacy: | 63.2%total, 73.7%male, 53.3%female (1995 est.) |
| Currency: | CFAF |
| GDP(per capita): | $13,900 (2009 est.), $14,300 (2008 est.), $14,400 (2007 est.) |
| Arable Land: | 1.21% (2005 est.) |
| Agriculture: | cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, cattle, okoume(a tropical softwood), fish. |
| Natural resources: | petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower. |
| Embassy in Japan: | Embassy of the Gabonese Republic, Chancery: 1-34-11, Higashigaoka, Meguro-ku. Post Code: 152-0021, Tel. 03-5430-9171 Gabonese Embassy |
| General Info: | |
| International Phone Code: | +241 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Tourism:
MAJOR CITIES
Libreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- ECCAS
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem.