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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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| 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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