1,233,353 (July 2002 est.) estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Languages:
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Geographic coordinates:
1° 00' S, 11° 45' E
Area total:
267,667 sq. km
Land area:
257,667 sq. km
Water area:
10,000 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
2,551 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km
Coastline:
885 km
Elevation extremes:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Internet country code:
.ga
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
Name - conventional long form:
Gabonese Republic
Name - conventional short form:
Gabon
Name - local long form:
Republique Gabonaise
Name - local short form:
Gabon
Independence:
17 August 1960 (from France)
Constitution:
adopted 14 March 1991
Government type:
republic, multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990)
National holiday:
Founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), 12 March (1968)