GABON

Location
It's on the west coast.
The equator goes right though it.

MAJOR WATERWAYS

• Ogoove River 1,200k 700mi
• Atlantic Ocean
• Ngourie
• Langune Ndogo
• Ivindo

LANDFORMS

• Crystal mountains
• Chaillu massif
• Mt. Milondo

CLIMATE

• Tropical
• Mostly hot and humid

Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, diamond,manganese, uranium, gold,
timber, iron ore, hydropower. Exports: $8.4016 billion

Early history
The earliest people where the Babinga, or
Pygmies, dating back to 7000 B.C Gabon was first explored by the Portuguese

Conquest
The land became a French territory in 1888, an autonomous republic
within the French Union after World War II,

Independence
August 17,1960

Challenges and issues
Deforestation and poaching

Population density
birth rate:
34.64/1000; infant mortality rate: 47.03/1000; life expectancy: 52.06

CULTURE- RELIGION

• CHRISTIAN 55%-75%
• ANIMIST
• MUSLIM LESS THAN 1%

CULTURE - LANGUAGE

• FRENCH (OFFICIAL)
• FANG
• Myene
• NZEBI and BANDJABI
• BAPOUNOU/ESCHIRA

Culture - ethnic groups
Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou,
Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including
10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality

Culture -Trading
Major trading partners: U.S., China, France, Trinidad and Tobago,
Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Australia, China, India, Japan, Côte
d'Ivoire (2013).