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	Gabon Overview \| Gabon Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		Gabon is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and the Congo.
		Gabon’s only problem in the region concerns the island of Mbagne which lies in the Corisco Bay, potentially the site of large oil and gas deposits: occupied by Gabon in 1970, it is also claimed by Equatorial Guinea.
		Gabon is bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the north by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, and to the east and south by the Congo.
	www.africa.com /dmap/Gabon/Overview (555 words)

	Gabon
		The Gabonese Republic, or Gabon, is a nation of west central Africa.
		Gabon's largest river in Gabon is the Ogooué[?].
		Gabon has been in the news the past few years due to outbreaks of the Ebola virus.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ga/Gabon.html (98 words)

	Gabon Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		Much of Gabon, which is situated astride the equator, is drained by the Ogooué River (and its tributaries, the Ngounie and the Ivindo), which flows into the Atlantic through a long and broad estuary.
		Gabon’s limited transportation network was improved with the construction (1986) of the 400-mi/644-km-long Trans-Gabon Railroad that links the new port of Owendo with iron ore and manganese deposits.
		By the 16th century the Omiéné were living along the coast, and in the 18th century the Fang entered the region from the N. From the 16th to the 18th centuries Gabon was part of the decentralized Loango empire, which included most of the area between the Ogooué and Congo rivers.
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Gabon.html (1122 words)

	Gabon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new democratic constitution in the early 1990s that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions.
		Gabon is also noted for efforts to preserve the natural environment with what may be the largest area of nature parks in the world.
		Gabon is more prosperous than most nearby countries, with a per capita income of four times the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.up.ac.za /upwithscience/admin/resources/africa/gabon/Gabon.htm (1126 words)

	Gabon (08/00)
		Gabon's first European visitors were Portuguese traders who arrived in the 15th century and named the country after the Portuguese word "gabao," a coat with sleeve and hood resembling the shape of the Komo River estuary.
		Gabon has earned a poor reputation with the Paris Club and the IMF for poor management of its debt and revenues.
		Gabon is a member of the UN and some of its specialized and related agencies, including the World Bank; Organization of African Unity (OAU); Central African Customs Union (UDEAC/CEMAC); EC association under Lome Convention; Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA); Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC); Nonaligned Movement; withdrew from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/g/13136.htm (2634 words)

	Gabon (11/06)
		Under the 1961 constitution (revised in 1975, rewritten in 1991, and revised in 2003), Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government.
		Gabon public expenditures from the years of significant oil revenues were not spent efficiently.
		Gabon's oil revenues have given it a strong per capita GDP of $5,900, extremely high for the region.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2826.htm (3310 words)

	Gabon
		Gabon is on the west coast of Africa, centered on the equator.
		Gabon children enjoy relative freedom in their villages and start school at the age of five or six.
		Tourism is rare in Gabon, and unlike in other African countries, art is not spurred on by the prospect of capitalism.
	www.everyculture.com /Cr-Ga/Gabon.html (3445 words)

	Facts About Gabon
		Gabon's political opposition remains weak, divided, and financially dependent on the current regime.
		Gabon depended on timber and manganese until oil was discovered offshore in the early 1970s.
		Gabon signed a 14-month Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF in May 2004, and received Paris Club debt rescheduling later that year.
	worldfacts.us /Gabon.htm (859 words)

	Geography of Gabon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gabon is a country in West Africa, lying along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Bight of Biafra.
		Gabon has a total of 2,251 km of international boundaries.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Gabon (252 words)

	People of Gabon
		Gabon has at least 40 ethnic groups, with separate languages and cultures.
		Ethnic group boundaries are less sharply drawn in Gabon than elsewhere in Africa.
		Historical and environmental factors caused Gabon's population to decline between 1900 and 1940.
	infotut.com /geography/Gabon/People (355 words)

	Gabon - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is bound by Congo to the northeast, east and south, Cameroon to the north, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		In southern Gabon the coastal plain is dominated by granite hills and almost the entire country is situated on the Ogooue River with its two major tributaries, the N'Gounie and Ivindo Rivers.
		On August 17, 1960 Gabon became an independent nation and Leon Mba was elected President in Feb. 1961.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/gabon.htm (1011 words)

	AllRefer.com - Libreville, Gabon (Gabonese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		362,400), capital of Gabon, a port on the Gabon River estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea.
		It was the chief port of French Equatorial Africa before the development (1934–46) of Pointe-Noire, in the Congo.
		Gabon's school of administration and school of law are in Libreville.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Librevil.html (186 words)

	Gabon: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		UN presses Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane Island and to establish a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay; only a few hundred out of the 20,000 Republic of the Congo refugees who fled militia fighting in 2000 remain in Gabon.
		Gabon was first explored by the Portuguese navigator Diego Cam in the 15th century.
		Gabon: History - History Early History to Independence The region that is now Gabon was inhabited in Paleolithic...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107556.html (671 words)

	Gabon map, map of Gabon, buy Gabon maps, buy Gabon travel book from Map Town Ltd.
		A Gabon travel guide will help you understand the cultures and take advantage of the advice and experience acquired from other travelers who have been there before you.
		Gabon is located in western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.
		A major road crosses Gabon from north to south, so if you are following the western coastal route through Africa, you'll be passing through this country.
	www.maptown.com /gabonmaps.html (249 words)

	Gabon: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		In 1839, the French founded their first settlement on the left bank of the Gabon estuary and gradually occupied the hinterland during the second half of the 19th century.
		Gabon: Economy - Economy Since the 1970s the Gabonese economy has been centered on the oil industry, which has...
		Air Gabon battles back: with help from Lufthansa Consulting, the airline is trying to overcome a heritage of mismanagement and government......
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107556.html (771 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Methods: The prevalence of cytochrome b point mutations possibly conferring atovaquone resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates in atovaquone treatment-naive patient cohorts from Lambarene Gabon and from South Western Ethiopia was assessed.
		Results: Four/40 (10%) mutant types (four different single polymorphisms one leading to an amino acid change from M to I in a single case) were found in Gabonese isolates but all 141/141 isolates from Ethiopia were wild type.
		Le Gabon, par exemple, n'est toujours pas en mesure d'exploiter lui-mÃªme ses ressources naturelles (gaz, pÃ©trole, minÃ©raux, bois) et doit les exporter pour transformation.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/gabon (1501 words)

	Geography Of Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		If you would like to use this flag of Gabon or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this map of Gabon or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Gabon or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/gabon_country_geography.shtml (316 words)

	Gabon - Gurupedia
		The Gabonese Republic, or Gabon, is a nation of west central
		France on August 17, 1960, Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990s that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions.
		In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959.
	www.gurupedia.com /g/ga/gabon.htm (266 words)

	Gabon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main article on politics and government of Gabon is Politics of Gabon.
		In 2003 the President amended the Constitution of Gabon to remove any restrictions on the number of terms a president is allowed to serve.
		Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Portugal
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gabon (1463 words)

	Birds and birding in Gabon
		Situated on the equator, it is, to its core, tropical.
		The coast is scarred with colossal lagoons, fed by numerous large rivers, such as the Ogooué.
		Fewer than two million people inhabit Gabon and a remarkable 74% of the country is still forested, although this is changing rapidly with logging companies being particularly active.
	www.africanbirdclub.org /countries/Gabon/geography.html (152 words)

	Information on Gabon, Weather of Gabon, World Factbook Gabon, Gabon Map, Map of Gabon
		Formerly a province of French Equatorial Africa, Gabon won its independence on August 17,1960.
		A plateau extends over the entire northern and eastern parts of Gabon and some part of the south.
		Gabon has numerous rivers, notably the Ogooué River that empties into the Atlantic.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/gabon.html (287 words)

	Gabon - Gabonese Republic - Country Profile - République Gabonaise
		Gabon related news by the UN news agency.
		Profile of higher education practice in Gabon by International Network for Higher Education in Africa.
		Gabon National Parks - 10% of the Gabon's area is set aside for gorillas, elephants and chimps.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/gabon.htm (813 words)

	Kirkwood Community College - Gabon
		Gabon continues to face fluctuating prices for its oil, timber, manganese, and uranium exports.
		In 1992, the fiscal deficit widened to 2.4% of GDP, and Gabon failed to settle arrears on its bilateral debt, leading to a cancellation of rescheduling agreements with official and private creditors.
		In 1997, an IMF mission to Gabon chastened the government for overspending on off-budget items, overborrowing from the central bank, and slipping on its schedule for privatization and administrative reform (such as reduced public sector employment and salary growth).
	faculty.kirkwood.edu /smekies/intrel/africa/gabon.htm (1120 words)

	African Studies Center \| Gabon Page
		The index has been created by The Norwegian Council for Africa, as part of its comprehensive effort to strengthen the knowledge of Africa and African affairs.
		The Country Analysis Briefs (CABs) provide an overview of the energy situation for Gabon which has current interest to energy analysts and policy makers.
		The Ethnologue is a catalog of the world's languages including information on alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic information.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Country_Specific/Gabon.html (150 words)

	Gabon on the Internet
		Coop Gabon are partners with the Swiss-based, Cooperation.net which promotes projects between young people in the North and South via the internet.
		ECOFAC, funded by the European Union, is concerned with the environment and biodiversity of forests, animal life, etc. in Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome.
		The mission of Forests.org is to "contribute to the conservation of rainforests, forests, biodiversity, indigenous cultures and the climate..." Based in Madison, Wisconsin.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/gabon.html (2026 words)

	Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas
		After proclaiming independence from France, Gabon adopted its national flag on Aug. 9, 1960.
		The central yellow stripe is for the Equator, which runs through the country.
		Green stands for the tropical forests that are one of Gabon's most important resources.
	www.merriam-webster.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?gabon (104 words)

	Gabon, Map and Flag
		Ruled by autocratic presidents since independence from France in 1960, Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990s that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions.
		A small population, abundant natural resources, and considerable foreign support have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous fl African countries.
		Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most nations of sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Gabon.html (1261 words)

	Gabon Facts & Figures, geography climate politics language
		Gabon has the moist, hot climate typical of tropical regions.
		Airmail from Gabon takes at least a week to Western Europe.
		The two daily newspapers are L’Union and Gabon Matin published in French.
	www.operation-loango.com /operation_loango/gabon_facts_figures.html (422 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Regional : Africa : Gabon
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		Since its independence from France on August 17, 1960, the Republic has been ruled by only two autocratic Presidents; the incumbent El Hadj Omar Bongo has been in power since 1967 and is currently (2005) Africa's longest-serving Head of State.
		Here you find the list of authors of this article.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Regional-Africa/Gabon.shtml (992 words)

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