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 o Gabon (daurk blue) – in Africae (licht blue & daurk grey); – in the African Union (licht blue)
Caipital	Libreville; 0°23′N 9°27′E / 0.383°N 9.450°E
Maistmuckle city	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-pairty presidential republic
• Preses	Brice Oligui
• Prime Meenister	Alain Claude Bilie By Nze
Legislatur	Pairlament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Naitional Assembly
Unthirldom
• frae Fraunce	August 17, 1960
Area
• 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 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 caipital an 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 aa a non-permanent member o the Unitit Naitions Security Cooncil for the 2010-2011 term. The sma population density thegither wi abundant naitural resoorces an foreign private investment hae helped mak Gabon ane o the maist prosperous kintras in the region, wi the heichest HDI in Sub-Saharan Africae.^[5]

References

↑ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009). "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2009. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
↑ "Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2008 - HDI rankings". Human Development Reports. United Nations Development Programme. 2008. Retrieved 25 Januar 2009. ^{[deid airtin]}

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