Country's codes
International phone code for Gabon: +241
Standard EAN-13 (country barcode): -
Olympic country code: GAB
Useful country information
Land area: 99,486 sq mi (257,669 sq km); total area: 103,346 sq mi (267,667 sq km)
Population (2022 est.): 2.279 million
Capital and largest city (2022 est.): Libreville, 845,000
Libreville: Capital City Profile
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
National name: Rpublique Gabonaise
Languages: French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Ethnicity/race: Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality
Religions: Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
National Holiday: Independence Day, August 17
Background:
Only two autocratic presidents have ruled Gabon since independence from France in 1960. Gabon's former President, El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world - had dominated Gabon's political scene for four decades (1967-2009).
Following President BONGO's death in 2009, new elections brought Ali BONGO Ondimba, son of the former president, to power.
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