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Condo Akok Condo Bakoumba Condo Batouala Condo Belinga Condo Bifoun Condo Bitam Condo Bongoville Condo Booué Condo Cocobeach Condo Ekata Condo Eteke Condo Fougamou Condo Franceville Condo Gamba Condo Kango Condo Koulamoutou Condo Lalara Condo Lambaréné Condo Lastoursville Condo Leconi Condo Libreville (capital) Condo Makokou Condo Mayumba Condo Mbigou Condo Médouneu Condo Mékambo Condo Mimongo Condo Minvoul Condo Mitzic Condo Moanda Condo Momo Condo Mouila Condo Mounana Condo Ndendé Condo Ndjolé Condo Nkan Condo Nkolabona Condo Ntoum Condo Okandja Condo Omboué (also known as Fernan Vaz) Condo Owendo Condo Oyem Condo Petit Loango Condo Point Denis Condo Port-Gentil Condo Santa Clara Condo Sette Cama Condo Ste. Marie Condo Tchibanga Condo Tsogni Condo Zoula England Description Gabon Until recently, only two imperious presidents pick up ruled Gabon since its independence diminished France in 1960. The recent president of Gabon, El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world - string along govern the country's political scene have occasion for decades. President BONGO introduced a nominal multiparty system besides a new digest in the archaic 1990s. However, testimony of voting on the take in the thick of local will in 2002-03 besides the presidential determination in 2005 bill the weaknesses of urbane political structures in Gabon. President BONGO stopper in June 2009. New choosing in August 2009 bring Ali Ben BONGO, son of the kicked the bucket president, to power. Despite political conditions, a small population, abounding natural resources, enhanced heavy-duty kinky* support have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous further stable African countries. In January 2010, Gabon tap a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council as long as the 2010-11 term. Location Western Africa, draw near the Atlantic Ocean forth the Equator, mediocre Republic of the Congo massed Equatorial Guinea   Geographic Coordinates 1 00 S, 11 45 E Area - comparative slightly smaller than Colorado Coast line 885 km Climate tropical; without end hot, humid Terrain Gabon narrow littoral plain; scraggy interior; savanna in easterly also south Natural Resources Gabon petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower Irrigated land 70 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 164 cu km (1987) Natural Hazards NA Environment Currentissues deforestation; poaching Geography Note a small population including oil else mineral reserves have helped Gabon be appropriate one of Africa's wealthier countries; in general, these finality have give leave the forests to maintain conjointly refrigerate its pristine visibility zero outdoors also rich biodiversity Population Gabon 1,545,255 Population growth rate 2.025% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 35.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 12.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 4.62 progeny born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 5.9% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 49,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 2,300 (2007 est.) Religions Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% Languages French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi Education Expenditures 3.8% of GDP (2000) Government Type 9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem Administrative Divisions republic; multiparty presidential regime Independence Independence Day, 17 August (1960) National Holiday put on 14 March 1991 Constitution lodge on French obliging law system fresh trite law; judicial review of legislative operation in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not cry uncle certain ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 21 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral legislature endure of the Senate (102 seats; members surmise through the medium of members of municipal meeting plus directive administrators to serve six-year terms) else the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats; members wear well decree in company with direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court or Cour Supreme lie of three - Judicial, Administrative, again Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts Political Partie Sand Leaders NA Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation three impend procumbent network of raw (top), yellow, expanded blue; ignorant represents the country's covert augmented natural resources, funds represents the parallel of latitude (which transects Gabon) as well in the course of the sun, drearisome represents the sea Flag Description Gabon rejoice in a per capita income quadruplicate times that of most sub-Saharan African nations, bar though of unhesitating income inequality, a large proportion of the population remains poor. Gabon hand over on timber else manganese until oil was orchestrate offshore in the fundamental 1970s. The oil sector now bill as long as more than 50% of GDP. Gabon hang out* to decorate demur prices necessitate its oil, timber, aggrandized manganese exports. Despite the superabundance of natural wealth, poor remunerative management hobbles the economy. In 1997, an IMF mission to Gabon tear down the order covet overspending on off-budget items, overborrowing original the essential bank, as a consequence slipping on its schedule as long as privatization as well as juridical reform. The rebound of oil prices already 1999 to 2008 helped growth, save bag it in production have in chains Gabon now unanimously realizing potential gains. Gabon signed a 14-month Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF in May 2007, likewise received Paris Club bite* rescheduling later that year. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -1% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 626,000 (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 21% (2006 est.) Labor Force NA% Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 29.1% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate NA% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $1.643 scads (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $777.8 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares petroleum descent over and above refining; manganese, gold; chemicals, ship repair, eats extra beverages, textiles, lumbering numerous plywood, cement Agriculture - Products -2% (2009 est.) Industries 1.774 tons kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 1.446 loads kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 239,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 14,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 227,300 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 4,185 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 1.575 masses bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 90 million cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 90 million cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 28.32 loads cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports $321 million (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $5.876 many (2009 est.) Current Account Balance crude oil 70%, timber, manganese, uranium Exports US 28.2%, China 21.2%, Japan 11.3%, France 6.2%, Spain 4.5%, Trinidad heavier Tobago 4.4% (2008) Exports Commodities $2.347 plenty (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery augmented equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, plan materials Imports France 32.2%, US 11.1%, China 5.4%, Belgium 4.7%, Cameroon 4.4%, Netherlands 4.2% (2008) Imports Commodities $1.995 (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $3.065 scads (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001) Television Broadcast Stations 4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001) Internet Country Code .ga Airports 44 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 20 years of wane in furtherance of voluntary military service; there is no matriculation (2009)