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Africa > Gabon > Geography

GABONESE GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Colorado
Capital city with population Libreville - 419,596
Forested Land 84.7% [5th of 193]
Land use > Permanent crops 0.64 % [136th of 241]
Largest city population 419,000 [124th of 174]
Largest city with population Libreville - 419,596
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Map references
Africa
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone 24 nm [23rd of 82]
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [72nd of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [58th of 190]
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
northernmost point > Latitude 02°19'N
Population density 4.76 people per sqkm [216th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 5.37 people/m² ... [193rd of 204]
Precipitation 2,841 mm [4th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 73.46 people/km² of arable lan ... [170th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 267,670 km² ... [76th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Mont Bengoué
Terrain
narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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