Explore Gabon in Africa - Gabon Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Gabon with its capital Libreville is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator). It covers some 267,668 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Colorado) with 1,484,000 citizens. French is the language used in Gabon. Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Republic of the Congo are bordering countries.
Pictures from Libreville (Capital) 
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port au bois
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Port à bois
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Parc à Bois
© Claude Capito
Librewille port
© Roman V. Nechyporenko
Derrière Cim Gabon
© Carl C
About Gabon
The topography featuresnarrow coastal plain with hilly interior and savanna in east and south. The average density of population is about 5 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with always hot, humid. Potential natural disasters are NA.
To reach someone in Gabon dial +241 prior to a number. There are 26,500 installed telephones. And there are 1,373,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ga". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 9 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Gabon
Gabon Tourism Information
Unesco World Heritage Properties
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
The Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda demonstrates an unusual interface between dense and well-conserved tropical rainforest and relict savannah environments with a...
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Gabon
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Gabon has declined over the last 10 years by 1.4 births per thousand from 36.8 in 2001 to 35.4 in 2010. Currently, 54,687 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Gabon has rised over the last 10 years by 1.7 deaths per thousand from 11.2 in 2001 to 12.9 in 2010. Currently, 19,934 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Gabon is growing at an rate of 2.03% (or by 31,291 citizens). Each year 3,461 people leave this country (or 2.20 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.25%. Or an total increase of 34,753 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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