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GABON
Country (long form) Gabonese Republic
Capital Libreville
Total Area 103,346.81 sq mi
267,667.00 sq km
Population 1,208,436 (July 2000 est.)
Languages French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke,
Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Religions Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%,
animist
Government Type republic; multiparty presidential
regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990)
Currency 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF)
= 100 centimes
Labor Force (by occupation) agriculture 60%, services
and government 25%, industry and commerce 15%
Industry food and beverage; textile; lumbering and
plywood; cement; petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, uranium,
and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair
Agriculture cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber;
cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish
Exports crude oil 75%, timber, manganese, uranium
(1998)
Natural Resources petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold,
timber, iron ore, hydropower
Visa Required (U.S. only) Yes 2001
(united states government sources. all information
was accurate at time of posting)
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