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| Gabonese Republic
République Gabonaise (French)
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| Motto: "Union, Travail, Justice" (French) "Union, Work, Justice" |
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| Anthem: La Concorde The Concord |
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| Capital and largest city |
Libreville 0°23′N 9°27′E / 0.383°N 9.450°E |
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| Official languages | French | |||||
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| Government | Presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Ali Bongo Ondimba | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Raymond Ndong Sima | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | National Assembly | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | from France | August 17, 1960 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 267,667 km2 (76th) 103,347 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 3.76% | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2009 estimate | 1,475,000[1] (150th) | ||||
| - | Density | 5.5/km2 (216th) 14.3/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $25.492 billion[2] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $16,547[2] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $18.376 billion[2] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $11,928[2] | ||||
| HDI (2013) |  0.683[3]medium · 106th |
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| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+1) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +241 | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | GA | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ga | |||||
| a. | Including 10,700 French nationals and 11,000 persons of dual nationality. | |||||
