africa • GAB
Gabon
Location marker · geographic overview
1° S / 11.75° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Libreville
- Population
- 2,538,952 2024
- Area
- 267,668 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Gabon
Gabon is a country in Central Africa with an array of landscapes and wildlife in its 13 national parks.
Landscape & landmarks
Gabon's capital and main city, Libreville, has several interesting churches, including Cathédrale Sainte Marie, Notre Dame de Lourdes Church, and Church of St. Michael Nkembo. The National Museum of Gabon and National Museum of Arts and Traditions have intriguing collections of sculptures and other art.Read the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-03-21. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Calling code
- +241
- Internet domain
- .ga
- Land border codes
- CMR, COG, GNQ
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ga. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.