Gabon

Gabonese Republic
République Gabonaise

Banner Coat o airms
Naitional motto:
Offeecial leid	French
Caipital	Liberville
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Govrenment Heid o State - Prime Meenister -	Republic Preses Ali Bongo Ondimba Paul Biyoghé Mba
Area	267,745 km2 103,347 sq mi
Population	1,475,000
Foondin	Frae Fraunce 17 August 1960
Siller	CFA franc (XOF)
Time zone	WAT UTC+1
Naitional anthem	La Concorde
Naitional flouer
Patron saunt
Internet TLD	.ga
Cawin code	241

Gabon (Template:IPAc-en; Template:IPA-fr), offeecially the Gabonese Republic is a state in wast central Africae sharin borders wi Equatorial Guinea tae the northwast, Cameroon tae the north, an wi the Republic o the Congo curvin aroond the east an sooth. The Gulf o Guinea, an airm o the Atlantic Ocean is tae the wast. It covers a land aurie o nearly 270,000 km² an haes an estimatit population o 1,500,000. Its capital and lairgest ceety is Libreville.

Syne its unthrildom frae Fraunce on August 17, 1960, Gabon haes been ruled bi three presidents. In the early 1990s, Gabon introduced a multi-pairty seestem an a new democratic constitution that alloued for a mair transparent electoral process an reformed mony governmental institutions. Gabon is an' a' a non-permanent member o the Unitit Naitions Security Cooncil for the 2010-2011 term. The sma population density thegither wi abundant natural resources an foreign private investment hae helped make Gabon ane o the maist prosperous kintras in the region, wi the heichest HDI in Sub-Saharan Africae.

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