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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-13  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">GABON</span><span class="style42">Official name:</span><span class="style13"> La R├⌐publique gabonaise (The Gabonese Republic)</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">UN, OAU, OPEC</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">267667 km2 (103347 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">1 280 000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Libreville 352000 (1988 est)</span><span class="style42">Other major city: </span><span class="style13">Port-Gentil 164000 (1988 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">French (official), Fang (30%)</span><span class="style42">Religions: </span><span class="style13">Roman Catholic (71%), animist (28%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The President ΓÇô who is elected by universal adult suffrage for seven years ΓÇô appoints a Council of Ministers (over which he presides) and a Prime Minister. The National Assembly has 120 members directly elected for five years.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Apart from the narrow coastal plain, low plateau make up most of the country. The central Massif du Chaillu rises to 980 m (3215 ft). </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">The equatorial climate is hot and humid with little seasonal variation.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">Petroleum, natural gas, manganese, uranium and iron ore ΓÇô and a relatively small population ΓÇô make Gabon one of the richest Black African countries, although most Gabonese are subsistence farmers. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">CFA franc.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">The slave trade developed after the Portuguese arrived in the late 15th century. The French colonized Gabon in the late 19th century. Pro-French L├⌐on MΓÇÖBa (1902ΓÇô67) led the country to independence in 1960. Deposed in a coup (1964), he was restored to power by French troops. Under his successor, Albert-Bernard Bongo, Gabon has continued its pro-Western policies. From 1968 to 1990 Gabon was a single-party state.</span></text>
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