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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Gabon 
 Main prefix
 TR 
 Time zone
 +1 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Gabon          
 
 Gabon 

 Gabon - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Gabon          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue.
 
          Gabon          
 
 Gabon 
 Capital: 
Libreville
 Administrative
 divisions: 
9 provinces: Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, and Woleu-Ntem.
 Population: 
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)
 
          Gabon          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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