STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON GABON
August 01, 2008
August 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
Gabonese Republic
Geography
Area: 267,667 sq. km. (103,347 sq. mi.); about the size of Colorado. Cities: Capital-Libreville (pop. 673,995). Other cities-Port-Gentil (118,940), Franceville. Terrain: Narrow coastal plain; hilly, heavi . . .
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
Gabonese Republic
Geography
Area: 267,667 sq. km. (103,347 sq. mi.); about the size of Colorado. Cities: Capital-Libreville (pop. 673,995). Other cities-Port-Gentil (118,940), Franceville. Terrain: Narrow coastal plain; hilly, heavi . . .