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

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.

Fang language → region → Gabon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Gabon
GAB → represents → Gabon ⓘ
Fang language → spokenIn → Gabon ⓘ
Nzebi → spokenIn → Gabon ⓘ
subject surface form: West Africa Time