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Gabon
Gabon is a country in Middle Africa with its capital in Libreville.
- Capital
- Libreville
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Population
- 2.5 million
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (Fr)
- Area
- 267,668 km²
- Borders
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
💡 88% rainforest; jungle elephants outnumber humans in some regions.
About the flag
Its stripes paint the country: green for the forests, yellow for the equator that runs through Gabon, and blue for the Atlantic Ocean.
How to spot it: Plain green-yellow-blue horizontal stripes; Sierra Leone is green-white-blue instead.
Often confused with: 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone