Gabon
Gabon (officially Gabonese Republic) is a country in Middle Africa, with its capital at Libreville, and is home to roughly 2.5M people.
French is the official language; the currency in circulation is Central African CFA franc (Fr); people from here are called Gabonese.
- »Around 88% of the country is forested, and roughly a tenth is national park.
Gabon straddles the equator.
Gabon touches three neighbours: Cameroon to the north, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest and Republic of the Congo to the east. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Libreville was founded in 1849 as a settlement for freed slaves, which is what its name, 'free town', records.
260,204 km² (100,465 sq mi), 75th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of New Zealand.
Population 2,538,952, 141st of 198 on file. That averages 9.8 per km² (25 per sq mi).
Green for the forest, yellow for the equator that runs through the country, blue for the sea.