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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
10. Gabon
verfasst von : C. J. Campbell
Erschienen in: Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion
Verlag: Springer New York
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Abstract
Gabon covers an area of some 270,000 km2, straddling the Equator on the west coast of Africa. Partly dissected plateaux in the interior, rising to some 600–1,000 m above sea level, give way to a fairly narrow coastal strip, washed by the northward flowing Benguela Current. The country supports a population of 1.5 million, belonging to about ten different tribal groups who originally spoke Bantu languages before French became the lingua franca. Many live in Libreville, the capital, as well as Port Gentil. Gabon is bordered by the Congo to the south and east, while the Cameroons and the enclave of Equatorial Guinea lie to the north. Offshore are the islands of Sao Tome and Principe, in which the United States has taken a strategic interest.