Gabon

Gabonese Republic
Gabonese Republic; République gabonaise(French)
	Banner Coat o airms
	Motto:"Union, Travail, Justice"(French); "Union, Work, Justice"
	Anthem:La Concorde; The Concord ;
	Location oGabon(daurk blue) – inAfricae(licht blue & daurk grey); – in theAfrican Union(licht blue)
Caipital	Libreville; 0°23′N9°27′E/ 0.383°N 9.450°E
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	French
Vernacular leids	Fang; Myene; Punu; Nzebi;
Ethnic groups (2000)	28.6%Fang; 10.2%Punu; 8.9%Nzebi; 4.1%Mpongwe; 154,000 ithera;
Demonym(s)	Gabonese; Gabonaise;
Govrenment	Dominant-pairtypresidential republic
•Preses	Brice Oligui
•Prime Meenister	Alain Claude Bilie By Nze
Legislatur	Pairlament
•Upper house	Senate
•Lower house	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(150t)
• Density	5.5/km2(14.2/sq mi) (216t)
GDP(PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$36.218 billion
• Per capita	$19,252
GDP(nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$14.563 billion
• Per capita	$7,741
Gini(2005)	41.5; medium
HDI(2015)	0.697; 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
	Includin 10,700 French naitionals an 11,000 persons o dual naitionality.;

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 newdemocratic constitutionthat 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

↑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|journal=(help)
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↑"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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