Gabon

Complete Name: Gabonese Republic

Native Name: Le Gabon

ISO-Code: GAB

Capital: Libreville

Contents

The provinces of Gabon and all localities of over 5,000 inhabitants.

Provinces
Principal Localities
Table of Localities

Provinces

	Name	Abbr.	Capital	A (km2)	E 1980-07-01	C 1993-07-31
<	Estuaire	EST	Libreville	20,740	188,423	463,187
<	Haut-Ogooué {Haut-Ogooue}	HOG	Franceville	36,547	84,139	104,301
<	Moyen-Ogooué {Moyen-Ogooue}	MOG	Lambaréné	18,535	45,560	42,316
<	Ngounié {Ngounie}	NGO	Mouila	37,750	104,735	77,781
<	Nyanga	NYA	Tchibanga	21,285	52,300	39,430
<	Ogooué-Ivindo {Ogooue-Ivindo}	OGI	Makokou	46,075	61,281	48,862
<	Ogooué-Lolo {Ogooue-Lolo}	OGL	Koulamoutou	25,380	49,915	43,915
<	Ogooué-Maritime {Ogooue-Maritime}	OGM	Port-Gentil	22,890	62,195	97,913
<	Woleu-Ntem	WNT	Oyem	38,465	141,426	97,271
	Gabon	GAB	Libreville	267,667	789,978	1,014,976

(1993) Britannica Book of the Year 1997.
The result of the census held between 1 and 31 December 2003 (1,520,911 inhabitants) is disputed: opposition leaders and independent experts have accused the government of inflating the figures in order to stuff the electoral register with false names and manipulate economic data in order to qualify for increased international aid (www.irinnews.org).

Principal Localities

	Name	Adm.	C C 1993-07-31
1	Libreville	EST	419,596
2	Port-Gentil	OGM	79,225
3	Franceville	HOG	31,183
4	Oyem	WNT	22,404
5	Moanda	HOG	21,882

Table of Localities

	Name	Adm.	C C 1993-07-31
<	Bitam	WNT	7,473
<	Franceville	HOG	31,183
<	Gamba (Tsogni)	OGM	7,205
<	Koulamoutou	OGL	11,773
<	Lambaréné {Lambarene}	MOG	15,033
<	Lastoursville	OGL	6,053
<	Libreville (incl. Peripherie)	EST	419,596
<	Makokou	OGI	9,849
<	Moanda	HOG	21,882
<	Mouila	NGO	16,307
<	Mounana	HOG	6,372
<	Ntoum (Nkan)	EST	6,219
<	Okondja	HOG	5,193
<	Oyem	WNT	22,404
<	Port-Gentil	OGM	79,225
<	Tchibanga	NYA	14,054

(1993) provided by Clive Thornton.