Gabon
Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, lying on the equator. It is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, while sharing a maritime border with São Tomé and Príncipe to the west in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and a population of 2.6 million people. There are coastal plains, mountains, and savanna in the east. Libreville is the capital and largest city; other major cities include Port-Gentil and Franceville.
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Where it is
Languages
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What it sells, and to whom
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Farms and fisheries
- oil palm fruit
- plantains
- cassava
- sugarcane
- yams
- taro
Largest cities
| Libreville capital | 846,090 |
| Port-Gentil | 164,018 |
| Franceville | 132,895 |
| Owendo | 95,313 |
| Oyem | 72,939 |
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Climate and geography
tropical; always hot, humid
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Southern hemisphere.
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