Gabon Country Info - Africa

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.

Gabon is a country in Western Central Africa. It lies on the Equator, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, between the Republic of the Congo to the south and east, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest and Cameroon to the north. In the 15th century, the first Europeans arrived. The nation's present name originates from Gabão, Portuguese for cloak, which is roughly the shape of the estuary of the Komo River close to the capital of Libreville.

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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 Gabon 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 following list are the 9 regions/states in Gabon we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Gabonese population grew at a rate of 2.03% (or by 31,291 citizens). With 19,934 deaths and 54,687 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.25%. -3,461 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of 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.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.