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Gabon (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 01 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -1.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 011 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area had Paleolithic settlements; Bantu-speakers immigrated around 100 BCE; Portuguese visited area in 15th century, naming it with word for a coat, after shape of Komo estuary; Dutch, British, and French traded here; was part of French Equatorial Africa; official language is French, though Fang, Myene, and Bateke dialects are also spoken. |
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Gabon (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | used since 15th cen., from Portuguese "gabão," referring to a coat |
Gabon (French-P,U,N)
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République gabonaise (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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République Gabonaise (C,V,French,U,N)
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Gabonese Republic (C,O,English,U,N)
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Gabun (C,O)
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Gaboon (C,O)
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Gabon Republic (C,O)
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Gabón (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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República Gabonesa (C,O)
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Gabão (C,O)
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Габон (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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Габонская Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
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加蓬 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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加蓬共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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غابون (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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الجهور ةًا غًابوه ةَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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GAB (C,O,ISO3L)
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GA (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO266 (C,O,ISO3N)
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GB00 (C,O,FIPS)
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Gabonese (C,O,English,U,A)
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גבון (C,U,Hebrew )
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1960 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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republic (C) |
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in French Community, 1958 |
controlled region (H) |
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French, 1841-1960 |
territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1958 |
colony (H) |
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French, 1903-1910 |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Libreville .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Gabon, Estuaire) [1090020] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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