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Geography
Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
1 00 S, 11 45 E
Area: 
total: 267,667 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
76
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km
slightly smaller than Colorado
total: 2,551 km
border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km
885 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; always hot, humid
narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
arable land: 1.21%
permanent crops: 0.64%
other: 98.15% (2005)
70 sq km (2003)
164 cu km (1987)
total: 0.12 cu km/yr (50%/8%/42%)
per capita: 87 cu m/yr (2000)
NA
deforestation; poaching
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
a small population and oil and mineral reserves have helped Gabon become one of Africa’s wealthier countries; in general, these circumstances have allowed the country to maintain and conserve its pristine rain forest and rich biodiversity
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