Gabon
Coordinates:1°S12°E/ 1°S 12°E
Gabonese Republic République gabonaise(French) | |
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Motto:"Union, Travail, Justice"(French) "Union, Work, Justice" | |
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Caipital | Libreville 0°23′N9°27′E/ 0.383°N 9.450°E |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | French |
Vernacular leids | |
Ethnic groups (2000) | |
Demonym(s) |
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Govrenment | Dominant-pairtypresidential republic |
Brice Oligui | |
Alain Claude Bilie By Nze | |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
Senate | |
Naitional Assembly | |
Unthirldom | |
• fraeFraunce | August 17, 1960 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 267,667 km2(103,347 sq mi) (76th) |
• Water (%) | 3.76% |
Population | |
• 2009 estimate | 1,475,000[1](150t) |
• Density | 5.5/km2(14.2/sq mi) (216t) |
GDP(PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $36.218 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $19,252[2] |
GDP(nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $14.563 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $7,741[2] |
Gini(2005) | 41.5[3] medium |
HDI(2015) | ![]() medium·109th |
Currency | Central African CFA franc(XAF) |
Time zone | UTC+1(WAT) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +241 |
ISO 3166 code | GA |
Internet TLD | .ga |
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Gabon(/[unsupported input]ɡəˈbɒn/;French pronunciation: [ɡabɔ̃]), offeecially theGabonese Republicis astatein wast centralAfricaesharin borders wiEquatorial Guineatae the northwast,Cameroontae the north, an wi theRepublic o the Congocurvin aroond the east an sooth. TheGulf o Guinea,an airm o theAtlantic Oceanis tae the wast. It covers a land aurie o nearly 270,000 km² an haes an estimatit population o 1,500,000. Its caipital an lairgest ceety isLibreville.
Syne its unthrildom fraeFraunceon August 17, 1960, Gabon haes been ruled bi three presidents. In the early 1990s, Gabon introduced amulti-pairty seesteman a newdemocraticconstitutionthat alloued for a mair transparent electoral process an reformed mony governmental institutions. Gabon is an aa a non-permanent member o theUnitit Naitions Security Cooncilfor the 2010-2011 term. The smapopulation densitythegither wi abundantnaitural resoorcesan foreign privateinvestmenthae helped mak Gabon ane o the maist prosperous kintras in the region, wi the heichestHDIinSub-Saharan Africae.[5]
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009)."World Population Prospects, Table A.1"(PDF).2008 revision. United Nations.Retrieved12 Mairch2009.Cite journal requires
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(help) - ↑abcd"Gabon".International Monetary Fund.
- ↑"GINI index".World Bank.Retrieved20 Apryle2016.
- ↑"2016 Human Development Report"(PDF).United Nations Development Programme. 2016.Retrieved21 Mairch2017.
- ↑"Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008 - HDI rankings".Human Development Reports.United Nations Development Programme. 2008.Retrieved25 Januar2009.[deid airtin]
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