Gabon

Gabonese Republic République gabonaise (French)
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Motto: "Union, Travail, Justice" (French) "Union, Work, Justice"
Anthem: La Concorde The Concord
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Capital and largest city	Libreville 0°23′N9°27′E / 0.383°N 9.450°E / 0.383; 9.450
Official languages	French
Vernacular languages	List Teke Fang Punu Nzebi
Religion (2012)^[1]	82.0% Christianity —42.3% Roman Catholic —27.4% Protestant —12.3% Other Christian 9.8% Islam 7.1% No religion 0.6% Traditional faiths 0.5% Others
Demonym(s)	Gabonese Gabonaise
Government	Unitary dominant-party presidential republic

• President	Ali Bongo Ondimba
• Prime Minister	Rose Christiane Raponda

Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Independence from France

• Republic established	November 28, 1958
• Granted	August 16–17, 1960

Area
• Total	267,667 km² (103,347 sq mi) (76th)
• Water (%)	3.76%
Population
• 2018 estimate	2,119,275^[2]^[3] (146th)
• Density	7.9/km² (20.5/sq mi) (216th)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$38.280 billion^[4]
• Per capita	$18,647^[4]
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$17.212 billion^[4]
• Per capita	$8,384^[4]
Gini (2017)	38^[5] medium
HDI (2019)	0.703^[6] high · 119th
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+241
ISO 3166 code	GA
Internet TLD	.ga

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