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    Gabon Geography 1995
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    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator between the Congo and Equatorial Guinea

      Map references: Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

      Area:
      total area: 267,670 sq km
      land area: 257,670 sq km
      comparative area: slightly smaller than Colorado

      Land boundaries: total 2,551 km, Cameroon 298 km, Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km

      Coastline: 885 km

      Maritime claims:
      contiguous zone: 24 nm
      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
      territorial sea: 12 nm

      International disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay

      Climate: tropical; always hot, humid

      Terrain: narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south

      Natural resources: petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore

      Land use:
      arable land: 1%
      permanent crops: 1%
      meadows and pastures: 18%
      forest and woodland: 78%
      other: 2%

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Environment:
      current issues: deforestation; poaching
      natural hazards: NA
      international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea

      NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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