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Gabon

Gabon is a country in with an array of landscapes and wildlife in its 13 national parks. A small population, and oil and mineral reserves, have helped Gabon become one of Africa's wealthier countries.
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is Gabon's largest city and capital. It is a port city of 703,904 that is home to one third of the country's population.

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or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta.

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is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of 110,568 at the 2013 census. It lies on the Mpassa River and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku.

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is a city in the of southern Gabon, situated on the Nyanga River. It has an estimated population of 24,000. The town lies on the N6 road and is home to and a market.

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is in eastern Gabon. Most famous for the spectacular Kongou and Mingouli waterfalls of the Ivindo River, known as the “wonders of Ivindo”, the park includes the Ipassa Makokou Biosphere Reserve and Langoué Baï, one of the 5 most important forest clearings in Central Africa.

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is in the Central Highlands region of Gabon. The Lopé-Okanda ecosystem and landscape was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

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is a Vili- and Lumbu-speaking town of about 5,208 people on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Gabon, at the end of the N6 road, lying on a peninsula separated from the mainland by the Banio Lagoon.

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is a in western Gabon. It protects diverse coastal habitats including part of the 220-square-kilometre Iguéla Lagoon, the only significant example of a typical western African lagoon system that is protected within a national park.

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is a small town located in the Coastal Plain region of Gabon, on the Ndogo Lagoon, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is surrounded by small plains and forests.

Gabon

Latitude of center
-0.55° or 0° 33′ south
Longitude of center
11.73° or 11° 43′ 48″ east
Population
1,580,000
Area
267,667 km² (103,347 miles²)
Elevation
328 metres (1,076 feet)
Capital
Currency
Franc (XAF)
Phone code
.ga
Internet domain
241
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424311252
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2400553
Wiki­data ID
Q1000
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Gabon” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Габон”
  • Adyghe: “Габон”
  • Afrikaans: “Gaboen”
  • Akan: “Gabɔn”
  • Albanian: “Gabon”
  • Albanian: “Gaboni”
  • Albanian: “Gabonia”
  • Amharic: “ጋቦን”
  • Amis: “Gabon”
  • Angika: “गैबॉन”
  • Arabic: “الجابون”
  • Arabic: “الجمهورية الغابونية”
  • Arabic: “الغابون”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية الغابون”
  • Arabic: “غابون”
  • Aragonese: “Gabón”
  • Armenian: “Գաբոն”
  • Arpitan: “Gabon”
  • Assamese: “গেবন”
  • Asturian: “Gabón”
  • Atayal: “Gabon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qabon Respublikası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qabon”
  • Balinese: “Gabon”
  • Bambara: “Gabon”
  • Bambara: “Gabɔŋ”
  • Banjar: “Gabon”
  • Bashkir: “Габон”
  • Basque: “Gabon”
  • Bavarian: “Gabun”
  • Belarusian: “Габон”
  • Bengali: “গাবন”
  • Bengali: “গ্যাবন প্রজাতন্ত্র”
  • Bengali: “গ্যাবন”
  • Bengali: “গ্যাবনিজ প্রজাতন্ত্র”
  • Bengali: “রিপাবলিক গ্যাবোনাইস”
  • Betawi: “Gabon”
  • Bhojpuri: “गबॉन”
  • Bhojpuri: “गाबोन”
  • Bhojpuri: “गैबोन”
  • Bishnupriya: “গ্যাবন”
  • Bislama: “Gabon”
  • Bosnian: “Gabon”
  • Breton: “Gabon”
  • Bulgarian: “Габон”
  • Burmese: “ဂါဘွန်”
  • Burmese: “ဂါဘွန်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “El Gabon”
  • Catalan: “Gabon”
  • Catalan: “República Gabonesa”
  • Cebuano: “Gabon”
  • Central Bikol: “Gabon”
  • Central Kanuri: “Gabon”
  • Central Kurdish: “گابۆن”
  • Chavacano: “Gabón”
  • Chechen: “Габон”
  • Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Chinese: “Jiāpéng”
  • Chinese: “加彭”
  • Chinese: “加蓬 / 加彭”
  • Chinese: “加蓬”
  • Chinese: “加蓬共和国”
  • Chuvash: “Габон”
  • Cornish: “Gabon”
  • Corsican: “Gabone”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Gabon”
  • Croatian: “Gabon”
  • Czech: “Gabon”
  • Czech: “Gabonská republika”
  • Czech: “Republika Gabon”
  • Dagbani: “Gabon”
  • Dagbani: “Gabonese Republic”
  • Dagbani: “Republique Gabonaise”
  • Danish: “Gabon”
  • Dhivehi: “ގެބޯން”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Gabon”
  • Dotyali: “गाबोन”
  • Dutch: “GA”
  • Dutch: “GAB”
  • Dutch: “Gabon”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Gabon”
  • Dzongkha: “གྷ་བྷོན”
  • Dzongkha: “གྷེ་བྷོན”
  • Eastern Mari: “Габон”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جابون”
  • Esperanto: “GA”
  • Esperanto: “Gabona Respubliko”
  • Esperanto: “Gabono”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Gabon”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Gabono”
  • Estonian: “Gabon”
  • Estonian: “Gaboni Vabariik”
  • Ewe: “Gabɔ̃”
  • Ewe: “Gabɔn nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Gabón”
  • Faroese: “Gabon”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Gabon”
  • Finnish: “Gabon”
  • Finnish: “Gabonin tasavalta”
  • Fon: “Gabɔnto”
  • French: “GA”
  • French: “Gabon”
  • French: “la République gabonaise”
  • French: “Le Gabon”
  • French: “République du Gabon”
  • French: “République gabonaise”
  • French: “République Gabonaise”
  • Fulah: “Gabon”
  • Fulah: “Gaboo”
  • Ga: “Gabon”
  • Gagauz: “Gabon”
  • Galician: “Gabón”
  • Ganda: “Gabon”
  • Ganda: “Gaboni”
  • Georgian: “გაბონი”
  • German: “GA”
  • German: “GAB”
  • German: “Gabun”
  • German: “République gabonaise”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Gabon”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Gabonese Republic”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Republique Gabonaise”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “République Gabonaise”
  • Gilaki: “گابؤن”
  • Gothic: “𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍉𐌽”
  • Greek: “Γκαμπόν”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Γκαμπόν”
  • Guarani: “Gavõ”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Gabon”
  • Gujarati: “ગેબન”
  • Gujarati: “ગેબોન”
  • Gun: “Gabon”
  • Haitian: “Gabon”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Hausa: “Gabon”
  • Hebrew: “גאבון”
  • Hebrew: “גבון”
  • Hindi: “गबॉन”
  • Hindi: “गबोन”
  • Hindi: “गाबोन”
  • Hindi: “गैबॉन”
  • Hindi: “गैबोन”
  • Hungarian: “Gabon”
  • Hungarian: “Gaboni Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Gabon”
  • Ido: “Gabon”
  • Igbo: “Gabon”
  • Iloko: “Gabon”
  • Inari Sami: “Gabon täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Gabon”
  • Indonesian: “Gabon”
  • Interlingua: “Gabon”
  • Interlingue: “Gabon”
  • Irish: “an Ghabúin”
  • Irish: “An Ghabúin”
  • Italian: “Gabon”
  • Italian: “Repubblica Gabonese”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Giabon”
  • Japanese: “ガボン”
  • Japanese: “ガボン共和国”
  • Japanese: “加蓬”
  • Javanese: “Gabon”
  • Kabiyè: “Kaabɔɔ”
  • Kabyle: “Gabun”
  • Kalaallisut: “Gabon”
  • Kalmyk: “Гаһитудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಗಬೊನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಗೆಬೊನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gabon”
  • Kashmiri: “گیبان”
  • Kazakh: “Габон Республикасы”
  • Kazakh: “Габон”
  • Khmer: “ហ្គាបុង”
  • Kikuyu: “Gabon”
  • Kikuyu: “Gaboni”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Gabon”
  • Kirghiz: “Габон”
  • Kongo: “Ngabu”
  • Korean: “가봉 공화국”
  • Korean: “가봉”
  • Kotava: “Gabona”
  • Kurdish: “Gabon”
  • Ladin: “Gabon”
  • Ladino: “Gabon”
  • Lao: “ກາບອນ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດກາບົງ”
  • Latin: “Gabon”
  • Latin: “Gabonia”
  • Latvian: “Gabona”
  • Ligurian: “Gabòn”
  • Limburgan: “Gabon”
  • Lingala: “Gabɔ”
  • Lingala: “Gabɔ́”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Gabon”
  • Literary Chinese: “加彭”
  • Literary Chinese: “加蓬”
  • Lithuanian: “Gabonas”
  • Livvi: “Gabon”
  • Lojban: “gabon”
  • Lojban: “la gabon”
  • Lojban: “lo gugdegu’a”
  • Lombard: “Gabon”
  • Low German: “Gabon”
  • Low German: “Gabun”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Gabun”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Ngabu”
  • Lule Sami: “Gabåvnnå”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gabun”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Gabon”
  • Macedonian: “Габон”
  • Malagasy: “Gabon”
  • Malagasy: “Gabona”
  • Malagasy: “Gabôna”
  • Malay: “Gabon”
  • Malayalam: “ഗാബൺ”
  • Malayalam: “ഗാബോൺ”
  • Maltese: “Gabon”
  • Maltese: “il-Gabon”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika Gaboniża”
  • Manipuri: “ꯒꯦꯕꯣꯟ”
  • Manx: “Gabon”
  • Maori: “Kāpona”
  • Marathi: “गॅबन”
  • Marathi: “गॅबॉन”
  • Mazanderani: “گابون”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Minangkabau: “Gabon”
  • Mingrelian: “გაბონი”
  • Mirandese: “Gabon”
  • Moksha: “Габон”
  • Mongolian: “Габон”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڭابون”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لݣابون”
  • Nauru: “Gabun”
  • Nepali: “गाबाेन”
  • Nepali: “गाबोन”
  • Nepali: “गावोन”
  • Newari: “गाबोन”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Gabon”
  • North Ndebele: “Gabhoni”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gabuun”
  • Northern Luri: “گابن”
  • Northern Sami: “Gabon dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Gabon”
  • Northern Sami: “Gabona dásseváldi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den gabonske republikken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Gabon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gabon”
  • Norwegian: “Gabon”
  • Novial: “Gabon”
  • Obolo: “Gabọn̄”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gabon”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gabon”
  • Oriya: “ଗାବୋନ”
  • Oriya: “ଗାବୋନ୍”
  • Oromo: “Gaabon”
  • Ossetian: “Габон”
  • Pali: “गाबोन”
  • Pampanga: “Gabon”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਬਾਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਬੋਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Gabon”
  • Pedi: “Gabon”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Gabun”
  • Persian: “گابن”
  • Persian: “گابون”
  • Piemontese: “Gabòn”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Gabon”
  • Polish: “Gabon”
  • Polish: “Republika Gabońska”
  • Portuguese: “Gabao”
  • Portuguese: “Gabão”
  • Portuguese: “Republica Gabonesa”
  • Portuguese: “República Gabonesa”
  • Pushto: “ګابن”
  • Pushto: “ګابون”
  • Pushto: “گابن”
  • Pushto: “گابون”
  • Quechua: “Gabón”
  • Quechua: “Gabun”
  • Quechua: “Qapun”
  • Romanian: “Gabon”
  • Romanian: “Republica Gaboneză”
  • Romansh: “Gabun”
  • Rundi: “Gabo”
  • Russia Buriat: “Габон”
  • Russian: “Габон”
  • Russian: “Габонская Республика”
  • Russian: “Республика Габон”
  • Rusyn: “Ґабон”
  • Sakizaya: “Gabon”
  • Samoan: “Gabon”
  • Samogitian: “Gabuons”
  • Sango: “Gaböon”
  • Sanskrit: “गाबोन”
  • Sardinian: “Gabòn”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Gabun”
  • Scots: “Gabon”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gabon”
  • Serbian: “Gabon”
  • Serbian: “Габон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gabon”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၵႄးပုၼ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “Gabhoni”
  • Shona: “Gabon”
  • Sicilian: “Gabon”
  • Silesian: “Gabůn”
  • Sindhi: “گبون”
  • Sindhi: “گيبون”
  • Sinhala: “ගැබොන්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Gaboon tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Gaboon”
  • Slovak: “Gabon”
  • Slovak: “Gabonská republika”
  • Slovenian: “Gabon”
  • Somali: “Gaaboon”
  • Somali: “Gabon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قابون”
  • Southern Sotho: “Gabon”
  • Spanish: “Gabon”
  • Spanish: “Gabón”
  • Spanish: “Republica Gabonesa”
  • Spanish: “República Gabonesa”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴳⴰⴱⵓⵏ”
  • Sundanese: “Gabon”
  • Swahili: “Gabon”
  • Swahili: “Gaboni”
  • Swati: “IGabhoni”
  • Swedish: “Gabon”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Gabon”
  • Swiss German: “Gabun”
  • Tachelhit: “Gabun”
  • Tagalog: “Gabon”
  • Tajik: “Габон”
  • Talysh: “Gabon”
  • Talysh: “Qabon”
  • Tamil: “ஆப்பிரிக்க நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “கபோனிசெ குடியரசு”
  • Tamil: “காபோன்”
  • Tamil: “கேபான்”
  • Taroko: “Gabon”
  • Tatar: “Габон”
  • Telugu: “గబాన్”
  • Telugu: “గేబన్”
  • Thai: “กาบอง”
  • Thai: “ประเทศกาบอง”
  • Tibetan: “གེ་བོན།”
  • Tibetan: “གེ་བཽན།”
  • Tigrinya: “ጋቦን”
  • Tok Pisin: “Gabon”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kaponi”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gabun”
  • Tsonga: “Gaboni”
  • Tumbuka: “Gabon”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “الڨابون”
  • Turkish: “Gabon”
  • Turkmen: “Gabon”
  • Tyap: “Gabon”
  • Udmurt: “Габон”
  • Uighur: “گابون”
  • Ukrainian: “Габон”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґабон”
  • Ukrainian: “Габонська Республіка”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Габон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gabun”
  • Urdu: “گیبون”
  • Uzbek: “Gabon”
  • Venetian: “Gabon”
  • Veps: “Gabon”
  • Vietnamese: “Ga-bông (Gabon)”
  • Vietnamese: “Ga-bông”
  • Vietnamese: “Gabon”
  • Vlax Romani: “Gabon”
  • Volapük: “Gabunän”
  • Võro: “Gabon”
  • Walloon: “Gabon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gabon”
  • Welsh: “Gabon”
  • Western Frisian: “Gabon”
  • Western Mari: “Габон”
  • Western Panjabi: “گبون”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیبون”
  • Wolof: “Gaboŋ”
  • Wu Chinese: “加蓬”
  • Yakut: “Габон Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ”
  • Yakut: “Габон”
  • Yiddish: “גאבאן”
  • Yiddish: “גאַבאן”
  • Yoruba: “Gabon”
  • Yoruba: “Gàbọ̀n”
  • Yue Chinese: “加蓬”
  • Zeeuws: “Gabon”
  • Zhuang: “Gabon”
  • Zulu: “i-Gabon”
  • Zulu: “IGabhoni”
  • Zulu: “IGaboni”
  • “Gabon”
  • “Gabuons”
  • “ma Kapon”
  • “गैबोन”

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