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.
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or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and a leading seaport.
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is a city in southeastern Gabon and the capital of .

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is a city in the of southern Gabon, situated on the Nyanga River.
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is in eastern Gabon.
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is in the Central Highlands region of Gabon.
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is a Vili- and Lumbu-speaking town of about…
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is a small town located in the Coastal Plain…
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is a in western Gabon.

Gabon

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Latitude of center
-0.55° or 0° 33′ south
Longitude of center
11.73° or 11° 43′ 48″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
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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: “गाबोन”
  • 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: “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: “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”
  • 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: “République Gabonaise”
  • Gilaki: “گابؤن”
  • Gothic: “𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍉𐌽”
  • Greek: “Γκαμπόν”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Γκαμπόν”
  • Guarani: “Gavõ”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Gabon”
  • Gujarati: “ગેબોન”
  • Gun: “Gabon”
  • Haitian: “Gabon”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Hausa: “Gabon”
  • Hebrew: “גאבון”
  • Hebrew: “גבון”
  • Hindi: “गाबोन”
  • 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”
  • 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: “ಗೆಬೊನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gabon”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Габон”
  • Kashmiri: “گیبان”
  • Kashmiri: “گیبون”
  • 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”
  • Latvian: “Gabonas Republika”
  • Ligurian: “Gabòn”
  • Limburgan: “Gabon”
  • 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: “Gabôna”
  • Malay: “Gabon”
  • Malayalam: “ഗാബോൺ”
  • Maltese: “Gabon”
  • Maltese: “il-Gabon”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika Gaboniża”
  • Manipuri: “ꯒꯦꯕꯣꯟ”
  • Manx: “Gabon”
  • Maori: “Kāpona”
  • Marathi: “गॅबॉन”
  • Mazanderani: “گابون”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gabon”
  • Minangkabau: “Gabon”
  • Mingrelian: “გაბონი”
  • Mirandese: “Gabon”
  • Moksha: “Габон”
  • Mon: “ဂါဗောန်”
  • Mongolian: “Габон”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڭابون”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لݣابون”
  • Mossi: “Gabon”
  • Mossi: “Gabonese Republic”
  • Mossi: “République Gabonaise ga”
  • Mossi: “Republique Gabonaise”
  • Nauru: “Gabun”
  • Nepali: “गाबाेन”
  • 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”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Gabon”
  • Obolo: “Gabọn̄”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gabon”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gabon”
  • Oriya: “ଗାବୋନ୍”
  • Oromo: “Gaabon”
  • Ossetian: “Габон”
  • Pali: “गाबोन”
  • Pampanga: “Gabon”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਬੋਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Gabon”
  • Pedi: “Gabon”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Gabun”
  • Persian: “گابن”
  • Persian: “گابون”
  • Piemontese: “Gabòn”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Gabon”
  • Polish: “Gabon”
  • Polish: “Republika Gabońska”
  • Portuguese: “Gabão”
  • 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: “Gabón”
  • 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: “கேபான்”
  • Taroko: “Gabon”
  • Tatar: “Габон”
  • Telugu: “గేబన్”
  • Thai: “กาบอง”
  • Thai: “ประเทศกาบอง”
  • Tibetan: “གེ་བཽན།”
  • Tigrinya: “ጋቦን”
  • Tok Pisin: “Gabon”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kaponi”
  • Tsonga: “Gaboni”
  • Tswana: “Gabon”
  • 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 Armenian: “Կապոն”
  • Western Frisian: “Gabon”
  • Western Mari: “Габон”
  • Western Panjabi: “گبون”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیبون”
  • Wolof: “Gaboŋ”
  • Wu Chinese: “加蓬”
  • Yakut: “Габон Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ”
  • Yakut: “Габон”
  • Yiddish: “גאַבאן”
  • Yoruba: “Gàbọ̀n”
  • Yue Chinese: “加蓬”
  • Zeeuws: “Gabon”
  • Zhuang: “Gabon”
  • Zulu: “i-Gabon”
  • Zulu: “IGabhoni”
  • Zulu: “IGaboni”
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