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Location: Africa
Capital: Libreville ( 360.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Port Gentil, Lambarenè
Population: 1,223,000
Area: 267,667 km2
Coin: 1 CFA franc = 100 centimes
Languages: French, dialects Bantų
Religions: Roman Catholic, Animist, Protestant
The Independence's Year: 1960
Rivers: Ogoouè
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It is a middle-small nation of center-western Africa, in the low part of the Gulf of Guinea, poorly inhabited (5 abs / Kmq). Among the African countries it is one of those with income taller thanks to two factors: the oil presence and the scarce population. The Nobel prize Albert Schweitzer operated to Lambarenč, where he founded a known hospital complex for native.
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