Gabon

E8377

country in Central Africa sovereign state

Gabon is a Central African country on the Atlantic coast, known for its equatorial rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil reserves.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Benin	1
French Gabon	1
Gabon (Fang-speaking areas)	1
Gabon colony	1
Gabonese Republic	1
Gabonese government	1
Northern Gabon	1
Republic of Gabon	1
western Gabon	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Central Africa ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
biome	tropical rainforest ⓘ
borderCountry	Cameroon ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ
callingCode	+241 ⓘ
capital	Libreville ⓘ
climate	equatorial ⓘ
colonialHistory	former French colony ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currency	Central African CFA franc ⓘ
currencyCode	XAF ⓘ
demonym	Gabonese ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
governmentType	presidential republic ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasNationalPark	Ivindo National Park ⓘ Loango National Park ⓘ Lope National Park ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of Gabon ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President of Gabon ⓘ
independenceDate	1960-08-17 ⓘ
independenceFrom	France ⓘ
internetTLD	.ga ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2	GA ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3	GAB ⓘ
knownFor	rich biodiversity ⓘ significant oil reserves ⓘ
largestCity	Libreville ⓘ
majorRiver	Ogooué River ⓘ
memberOf	African Union ⓘ Economic Community of Central African States ⓘ OPEC ⓘ Francophonie ⓘ surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie United Nations ⓘ
nationalLanguage	Fang ⓘ Myene ⓘ Nzebi ⓘ Punu ⓘ
naturalResource	manganese ⓘ petroleum ⓘ timber ⓘ uranium ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
partOf	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Guinea region
region	Central Africa ⓘ
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+1 ⓘ
UNRegion	Central Africa ⓘ surface form: Middle Africa

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Gabon ⓘ

GAB → appliesTo → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Gabon

Bantu languages → areSpokenIn → Gabon ⓘ

Ogooué River → basinCountry → Gabon ⓘ

Cameroon → borderCountry → Gabon ⓘ

Equatorial Guinea → borderCountry → Gabon ⓘ

Congo → borderedBy → Gabon ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo → borderingCountry → Gabon ⓘ

Gulf of Guinea → borders → Gabon ⓘ

Río Muni → bordersCountry → Gabon ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Gabon ⓘ

Ivindo National Park → country → Gabon ⓘ

Libreville → country → Gabon ⓘ

Loango National Park → country → Gabon ⓘ

Ogooué River → country → Gabon ⓘ

Prime Minister of Gabon → country → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gabonese Republic

GAB → countryCodeFor → Gabon ⓘ

Nzebi → countryWithOfficialRecognition → Gabon ⓘ

Ogooué River → flowsThrough → Gabon ⓘ

French Equatorial Africa → formedFrom → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gabon colony

OPEC → formerMemberState → Gabon ⓘ

Economic Community of Central African States → foundingLocation → Gabon ⓘ

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest → foundingLocation → Gabon ⓘ

OPEC+ → hasKeyMember → Gabon ⓘ

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Gabon ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Gabon ⓘ

Central Africa → hasPart → Gabon ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → hasUser → Gabon ⓘ

Economic Community of Central African States → headquartersLocation → Gabon ⓘ

French Equatorial Africa → includesTerritory → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Gabon

Libreville → isCapitalOf → Gabon ⓘ

Libreville → isLargestCityOf → Gabon ⓘ

Libreville → isSeatOf → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gabonese government

Prime Minister of Gabon → jurisdiction → Gabon ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → legalTenderIn → Gabon ⓘ

Libreville → locatedIn → Gabon ⓘ

Loango National Park → locatedIn → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Gabon

ECCAS → memberState → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benin

Economic Community of Central African States → memberState → Gabon ⓘ

French Community → memberState → Gabon ⓘ

OPEC → memberState → Gabon ⓘ

Ogooué River → mouthLocation → Gabon ⓘ

Bioko Island → nearbyCountry → Gabon ⓘ

French → officialLanguageOf → Gabon ⓘ

Equator → passesThrough → Gabon ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Gabon ⓘ

Atsi → region → Gabon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gabon (Fang-speaking areas)