Monetary & Banking 

Country name:

conventional long form: Gabonese Republic
conventional short form: Gabon
local long form: Republique Gabonaise
local short form: Gabon

 

Capital:

Libreville

 

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea

 

Area:

total: 267,667 sq km
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km

 

Population:

1,355,246

 

Languages:

French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

 

Economy- Overview:

 

Industries:

petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement

 

Exports - commodities:

crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)

 

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials

 

Exchange rates: