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3 unusual facts about Gabon


Gory Gopela

Over 800 immigrants are living in the commune, some of them aid workers from countries such as France, USA and Hong Kong but also people from Gabon, Libya and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mayumba National Park

It is a thin tongue of beach, dunes, savanna, and rainforest in the extreme south of the country, between Mayumba and the Congo border.

Sahoué

It is located northwest of the capital at the extreme end of the Santa Clara peninsula.


A. I. Shlyakhter

A.I. Shlyakhter is a Russian physicist who noted that the existence of the natural nuclear fission reactor at Oklo in Gabon gave evidence that the physical fine-structure constant α has changed less than 10−17 per year over the last two billion years.

Ancistrocladus letestui

Ancistrocladus letestui is a species of liana of the plant family of the Ancistrocladaceae occurring in the subtropical or tropical dry forests of Cameroon and Gabon (Lower Guinea).

Bebearia zonara

It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba) and Uganda (Bwamba and Toro).

Beti-Pahuin peoples

Most Beti-Pahuin peoples also speak their countries’ official languages: Spanish in Equatorial Guinea (Annobonese in Annobón); French in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon; Portuguese, Angolar, Principense, and Forro in São Tomé and Príncipe, English in Cameroon.

Bwisi language

Bwisi (also spelled Ibwisi, Mbwisi) is a language spoken mainly in the Kibangou District (Niari Region) of the Republic of Congo, next to the Gabon border, where it is also spoken by a minority.

Central African Regional Program for the Environment

Since 1997, CARPE has worked in protected areas such as the Minkébé National Park in north-east Gabon and has worked together with agencies such as the WWF and provided funding along with the European Union, UNESCO, the Netherlands Development Cooperation and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM).

Central African Republic parliamentary election, 2016

On 11 January 2013, a ceasefire agreement was signed in Libreville, Gabon between the government, Séléka and the political opposition.

Chadian constitutional referendum, 1996

Putting pressure on Déby, he forced him to open on 6 January 1996 in Franceville, Gabon, a round table with the 15 armed groups and 58 opposition parties present in Chad.

Confédération africaine des travailleurs croyants de l'A.E.F

CATC was founded in Pointe-Noire January 2–6, 1957 by the branches of the French trade union centre C.F.T.C in Gabon, Moyen-Congo, Chad and Ubangi-Shari.

Congress for Democracy and Justice

The Congress for Democracy and Justice (CDJ) is a political party in Gabon, led by Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende.

Cupidesthes thyrsis

It is found in Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ubangi, Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba).

Didier Ibrahim N'Dong

Born in Lambaréné, Gabon, Didier Ibrahim moved to Tunisia, where he made his professional debut playing for CS Sfaxien during the 2011–12 CLP-1 season.

Doha GOALS

The launch of Doha GOALS at Bayt Qatar during the London 2012 games was attended by President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Olympic athletes including Carl Lewis, Tegla Loroupe, Marie-José Pérec and Ian Thorpe.

Donguila

While exploring Gabon, the English writer and explorer Mary Kingsley, is known to have moored her boat at Donguila.

French Equatorial Africa

During World War II, the federation rallied to the Free French Forces under Félix Éboué in August 1940, except for Gabon which was Vichy French between 16 June 1940 and 12 November 1940; the federation became the strategic centre of Free French activities in Africa.

Guélor Kanga

Guélor Kanga Kaku (born September 1, 1990 in Oyem) is a Gabonese professional football player.

Guy Nzouba-Ndama

Nzouba-Ndama represented Gabon at the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation, which opened on 8 November 2009, and on that occasion he met with Wen Jiabao, the Premier of the People's Republic of China, to discuss the continuation of the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two countries.

Hartlaub's Duck

Hartlaub's Duck is resident in equatorial West and Central Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone east through Nigeria to Sudan, and south to Gabon, Congo and Zaire.

Health in Gabon

Most of the health services of Gabon are public, but there are some private institutions, of which the best known is the hospital established in 1913 in Lambaréné by Albert Schweitzer.

Hervé Renard

The win was dedicated to the 18 players who perished in April 1993, after a plane carrying the squad crashed just miles from the site of the 2012 final in Gabon.

Jérôme Efong Nzolo

Jérôme Efong Nzolo (born 21 September 1974 in Bitam, Gabon) is a Belgian football referee.

Kongou Falls

On 14 September 2007 President Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon confirmed that a dam would be built at the falls to provide electricity to a large iron mining project in Belinga further north.

Land grabbing

Olam International’s investment in Gabon reported at 300,000 hectares, currently operating on just 50,000

Lastoursville

Lastoursville or Mandji is a city in central Gabon, lying on the River Ogooué, the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road.

LBV

Libreville International Airport, an airport situated in Libreville, Gabon (IATA: LBV)

Lengue language

The Lengue language, also called Molengue, Balengue, Molendji, is a Bantu language of southern Equatorial Guinea, spoken by the Lengue people between Bata and the Gabon border near the coast.

Lengue people

Today Bengas inhabit the coast region of the country's mainland, between Bata and the Gabonese border.

Mbama people

The Obamba are an ethnic group located largely in Gabon's Haut-Ogooué Province.

Moanda Railway Station

Like many stations of the Trans-Gabon, it lies outside the limits of Moanda itself, in an isolated plain.

Monoplex tranquebaricus

This species is distributed in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola and in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three

Shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001, NMCB 3 deployed to sites across three continents, including the main body in Rota, Spain; details in Thurmont, MD; Tidewater, VA; Naples; Sigonella; Souda Bay; and DFTs to the Republic of Georgia; Stuttgart, Germany; and Gabon, Africa.

Negue Djogo

But Habré was able to win over the party in peace talks held at Libreville in Gabon under the patronage of the President Omar Bongo, which included also Alphonse Kotiga's Codos and Acheikh ibn Oumar's CAC-CDR.

Oboronia pseudopunctatus

It is found in Ghana (the Volta region), Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur, Tshuapa, Mongala, Uele, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba) and north-western Tanzania.

Ovidiu Tender

Starting 2009, Ovidiu Tender turned his attention to the African continent, In Senegal and Gabon the businessman announced that he plans to grow, on large areas of land, Jatropha, a bush tree that can be used for making biodiesel fuel.

Paul Kessany

Paul Ulrich Kessany Zategwa, known as Paul Kessany (born 16 March 1985 in Lambaréné) is a Gabonese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for AS Mangasport.

Perenco

It has exploration and production activities in 16 countries across the globe (the North Sea, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Belize, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Vietnam).

Pierre Aubameyang

Pierre Francois Aubameyang "Yaya" (also spelled as Aubame Eyang) (born 29 May 1965 in Bitam) is a former Gabonese football (soccer) defender.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

In July 2012, Aubameyang represented Gabon at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London.

On 15 June 2013, Aubameyang scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks in Gabon's 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Niger.

Pleyel et Cie

In 1913, Pleyel built the "Jungle Piano" for use by Albert Schweitzer in his hospital in Lambaréné (French Equatorial Africa – now Gabon).

Pugilina morio

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.

Punu-Lumbo mask

A Punu-Lumbo mask is a tribal mask native to the Ogooué River basin in Gabon, especially in the south in Ngounié Province.

Reverence for Life

He also used his hospital in Lambaréné in Gabon (Central Africa) to demonstrate this philosophy in practice.

Ronald K. McMullen

Other overseas assignments include serving as Deputy Principal Officer in Cape Town, South Africa; Economic Officer in Libreville, Gabon; Political Officer in Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Ruth Jennifer Ondo Mouchita

Ruth Jennifer Ondo Mouchita (born 1992) is a Gabonese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Gabon 2013 and the representative of Gabon in Miss Universe 2013.

Scaphopetalum

For the Mayombe region (Gabon) two species were described by Pellegrine in 1921, S. letestui and S. ngounyense.

Visa requirements for Slovenian citizens

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.


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