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GABON


Location: Africa
Capital:
Libreville ( 360.000 inhab.)
Main Cities:
Port Gentil, Lambarenè
Population:
1,223,000
Area:
267,667 km2
Coin:
1 CFA franc = 100 centimes
Languages:
French, dialects Bantų
Religions:
Roman Catholic, Animist, Protestant
The Independence's Year:
1960
Rivers:
Ogoouè

 

 

 

It is a middle-small nation of center-western Africa, in the low part of the Gulf of Guinea, poorly inhabited (5 abs / Kmq).
Among the African countries it is one of those with income taller thanks to two factors: the oil presence and the scarce population.
The Nobel prize Albert Schweitzer operated to Lambarenč, where he founded a known hospital complex for native.

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