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World Gazetteer Results for Mbigou:
NameMbigou
Alternate NamesMbigou
Geographical TypeLocality
Population4134
Latitude
Longitude
CountryGabon
Administrative DivisionNgounié
Dictionary Results for Gabon:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Gabon
    n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon,
         Gabonese Republic, Gabun]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Gabon

   Introduction Gabon
   ------------------
                            Background: Ruled by autocratic presidents since
                                        independence from France in 1960,
                                        Gabon introduced a multiparty system
                                        and a new constitution in the early
                                        1990s that allowed for a more
                                        transparent electoral process and
                                        for reforms of governmental
                                        institutions. A small population,
                                        abundant natural resources, and
                                        considerable foreign support have
                                        helped make Gabon one of the more
                                        prosperous black African countries.
  
   Geography Gabon
   ---------------
                              Location: Western Africa, bordering the
                                        Atlantic Ocean at the Equator,
                                        between Republic of the Congo and
                                        Equatorial Guinea
                Geographic coordinates: 1 00 S, 11 45 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 267,667 sq km
                                        water: 10,000 sq km
                                        land: 257,667 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Colorado
                       Land boundaries: total: 2,551 km
                                        border countries: Cameroon 298 km,
                                        Republic of the Congo 1,903 km,
                                        Equatorial Guinea 350 km
                             Coastline: 885 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical; always hot, humid
                               Terrain: narrow coastal plain; hilly
                                        interior; savanna in east and south
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold,
                                        timber, iron ore, hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 1.26%
                                        permanent crops: 0.66%
                                        other: 98.08% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 150 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: deforestation; poaching
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Law of the Sea, Marine
                                        Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
                                        Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber
                                        94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: a small population and oil and
                                        mineral reserves have helped Gabon
                                        become one of Africa's wealthier
                                        countries; in general, these
                                        circumstances have allowed the
                                        country to maintain and conserve its
                                        pristine rain forest and rich
                                        biodiversity
  
   People Gabon
   ------------
                            Population: 1,233,353
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 33.3% (male 205,559;
                                        female 204,796)
                                        15-64 years: 60.6% (male 376,103;
                                        female 371,422)
                                        65 years and over: 6.1% (male
                                        37,220; female 38,253) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.97% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 27.24 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 17.59 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.01 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 93.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.11 years
                                        female: 50.25 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 48.01 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 9% (2001 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 23,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 2,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
  
                                        adjective: Gabonese
                         Ethnic groups: Bantu tribes including four major
                                        tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou,
                                        Nzebi, Obamba), other Africans and
                                        Europeans 154,000, including 10,700
                                        French and 11,000 persons of dual
                                        nationality
                             Religions: Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim
                                        less than 1%
                             Languages: French (official), Fang, Myene,
                                        Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 63.2%
                                        male: 73.7%
                                        female: 53.3% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Gabon
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Gabonese
                                        Republic
                                        conventional short form: Gabon
                                        local short form: Gabon
                                        local long form: Republique
                                        Gabonaise
                       Government type: republic; multiparty presidential
                                        regime (opposition parties legalized
                                        in 1990)
                               Capital: Libreville
              Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue,
                                        Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga,
                                        Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-
                                        Maritime, Woleu-Ntem
                          Independence: 17 August 1960 (from France)
                      National holiday: Founding of the Gabonese Democratic
                                        Party (PDG), 12 March (1968)
                          Constitution: adopted 14 March 1991
                          Legal system: based on French civil law system and
                                        customary law; judicial review of
                                        legislative acts in Constitutional
                                        Chamber of the Supreme Court; has
                                        not accepted compulsory ICJ
                                        jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President El Hadj
                                        Omar BONGO (since 2 December 1967)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Jean-Francois NTOUTOUME-EMANE (since
                                        23 January 1999)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the prime minister in
                                        consultation with the president
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a seven-year term;
                                        election last held 6 December 1998
                                        (next to be held NA 2005); prime
                                        minister appointed by the president
                                        election results: President El Hadj
                                        Omar BONGO reelected; percent of
                                        vote - El Hadj Omar BONGO 66.6%,
                                        Pierre MAMBOUNDOU 16.5%, Fr. Paul
                                        M'BA-ABESSOLE 13.4%
                    Legislative branch: bicameral legislature consists of
                                        the Senate (91 seats; members
                                        elected by members of municipal
                                        councils and departmental
                                        assemblies) and the National
                                        Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120
                                        seats); members are elected by
                                        direct, popular vote to serve five-
                                        year terms
                                        elections: National Assembly - last
                                        held 9 and 23 December 2001 (next to
                                        be held NA December 2006); Senate -
                                        last held 26 January and 9 February
                                        1997 (next to be held in NA 2002)
                                        election results: National Assembly
                                        - percent of vote by party - NA%;
                                        seats by party - PDG 86, RNB-RPG 8,
                                        PGP 3, ADERE 3, CLR 2, PUP 1, PSD 1,
                                        independents 13, others 3; Senate -
                                        percent of vote by party - NA%;
                                        seats by party - PDG 53, RNB 20, PGP
                                        4, ADERE 3, RDP 1, CLR 1,
                                        independents 9
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
                                        consisting of three chambers -
                                        Judicial, Administrative, and
                                        Accounts; Constitutional Court;
                                        Courts of Appeal; Court of State
                                        Security; County Courts
         Political parties and leaders: African Forum for Reconstruction or
                                        FAR [Leon MBOU-YEMBI]; Circle of
                                        Liberal Reformers or CLR [General
                                        Jean Boniface ASSELE]; Congress for
                                        Democracy and Justice or CDJ [Jules
                                        Aristide Bourdes OGOULIGUENDE];
                                        Democratic and Republican Alliance
                                        or ADERE [Divungui-di-Ndinge
                                        DIDJOB]; Gabonese Democratic Party
                                        or PDG, former sole party [Simplice
                                        Nguedet MANZELA, secretary general];
                                        Gabonese Party for Progress or PGP
                                        [Pierre-Louis AGONDJO-OKAWE,
                                        president]; Gabonese People's Union
                                        or UPG [Pierre MAMBOUNDOU]; National
                                        Rally of Woodcutters-Rally for Gabon
                                        or RNB-RPG (Bucherons) [Fr. Paul
                                        M'BA-ABESSOLE]; People's Unity Party
                                        or PUP [Louis Gaston MAYILA]; Rally
                                        for Democracy and Progress or RDP
                                        [Pierre EMBONI]; Social Democratic
                                        Party or PSD [Pierre Claver MAGANGA-
                                        MOUSSAVOU]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, CCC, CEEAC,
                         participation: CEMAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77,
                                        IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IDB,
                                        IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC,
                                        OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
                                        UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jules-
                                        Darius OGOUEBANDJA
                                        consulate(s): New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 332-0668
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 797-1000
                                        chancery: Suite 200, 2034 20th
                                        Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires
                                    US: Thomas F. DAUGHTON
                                        embassy: Boulevard de la Mer,
                                        Libreville
                                        mailing address: B. P. 4000,
                                        Libreville
                                        telephone: [241] 76 20 03 through 76
                                        20 04, 74 34 92
                                        FAX: [241] 74 55 07
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
                                        green (top), yellow, and blue
  
   Economy Gabon
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: Gabon enjoys a per capita income
                                        four times that of most nations of
                                        sub-Saharan Africa. This has
                                        supported a sharp decline in extreme
                                        poverty; yet because of high income
                                        inequality a large proportion of the
                                        population remains poor. Gabon
                                        depended on timber and manganese
                                        until oil was discovered offshore in
                                        the early 1970s. The oil sector now
                                        accounts for 50% of GDP. Gabon
                                        continues to face fluctuating prices
                                        for its oil, timber, and manganese
                                        exports. Despite the abundance of
                                        natural wealth, the economy is
                                        hobbled by poor fiscal management.
                                        In 1992, the fiscal deficit widened
                                        to 2.4% of GDP, and Gabon failed to
                                        settle arrears on its bilateral
                                        debt, leading to a cancellation of
                                        rescheduling agreements with
                                        official and private creditors.
                                        Devaluation of its Francophone
                                        currency by 50% on 12 January 1994
                                        sparked a one-time inflationary
                                        surge, to 35%; the rate dropped to
                                        6% in 1996. The IMF provided a one-
                                        year standby arrangement in 1994-95,
                                        a three-year Enhanced Financing
                                        Facility (EFF) at near commercial
                                        rates beginning in late 1995, and
                                        stand-by credit of $119 million in
                                        October 2000. Those agreements
                                        mandate progress in privatization
                                        and fiscal discipline. France
                                        provided additional financial
                                        support in January 1997 after Gabon
                                        had met IMF targets for mid-1996. In
                                        1997, an IMF mission to Gabon
                                        criticized the government for
                                        overspending on off-budget items,
                                        overborrowing from the central bank,
                                        and slipping on its schedule for
                                        privatization and administrative
                                        reform. The rebound of oil prices in
                                        1999-2000 helped growth, but drops
                                        in production hampered Gabon from
                                        fully realizing potential gains. In
                                        December 2000, Gabon signed a new
                                        agreement with the Paris Club to
                                        reschedule its official debt. A
                                        follow-up bilateral repayment
                                        agreement with the US was signed in
                                        December 2001.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $6.7
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.5% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,500
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 10%
                                        industry: 60%
                                        services: 30% (1999 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 600,000
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 60%, services and
                                        government 25%, industry and
                                        commerce 15%
                     Unemployment rate: 21% (1997 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $1.8 billion
                                        expenditures: $1.8 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $310 million (2002 est.)
                            Industries: food and beverage; textile;
                                        lumbering and plywood; cement;
                                        petroleum extraction and refining;
                                        manganese, and gold mining;
                                        chemicals; ship repair
     Industrial production growth rate: -6.4% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 850 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 29.41%
                                        hydro: 70.59%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 790.5 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil,
                                        rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical
                                        softwood); fish
                               Exports: $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: crude oil 81%, timber, manganese,
                                        uranium (2000)
                    Exports - partners: US 51%, France 17%, China 8%,
                                        Netherlands Antilles 4% (2000)
                               Imports: $921 million (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs,
                                        chemicals, construction materials
                    Imports - partners: France 62%, Cote d'Ivoire 7%, US 5%,
                                        Belgium 3% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $3.6 billion (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $331 million (1995)
                              Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        franc (XAF); note - responsible
                                        authority is the Bank of the Central
                                        African States
                         Currency code: XAF
                        Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        francs (XAF) per US dollar - 742.79
                                        (January 2002), 733.04 (2001),
                                        711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95
                                        (1998), 583.67 (1997); note - from 1
                                        January 1999, the XAF is pegged to
                                        the euro at a rate of 655.957 XAF
                                        per euro
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Gabon
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 39,000 (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 120,000 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: adequate service
                                        by African standards and improving
                                        with the help of the growing mobile
                                        cell system
                                        domestic: adequate system of cable,
                                        microwave radio relay, tropospheric
                                        scatter, radiotelephone
                                        communication stations, and a
                                        domestic satellite system with 12
                                        earth stations
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                        Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 7 (and 11 repeaters),
                                        shortwave 3 (2001)
                                Radios: 208,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 3 (plus six repeaters) (2001)
                           Televisions: 63,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ga
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (2001)
                        Internet users: 15,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Gabon
   --------------------
                              Railways: total: 649 km
                                        standard gauge: 649 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge; single-track (2000 est.)
                              Highways: total: 7,670 km
                                        paved: 629 km (including 30 km of
                                        expressways)
                                        unpaved: 7,041 km (1996)
                             Waterways: 1,600 km (perennially navigable)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 270 km; petroleum products
                                        14 km
                     Ports and harbors: Cap Lopez, Kango, Lambarene,
                                        Libreville, Mayumba, Owendo, Port-
                                        Gentil
                              Airports: 59 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 10
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 49
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 17
                                        under 914 m: 24 (2001)
  
   Military Gabon
   --------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential
                                        (Republican) Guard (charged with
                                        protecting the president and other
                                        senior officials), National
                                        Gendarmerie, National Police
      Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 284,358 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 146,908 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 11,304 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $70.8 million (FY01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 2% (FY01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Gabon
   --------------------------
              Disputes - international: maritime boundary dispute with
                                        Equatorial Guinea because of
                                        disputed sovereignty over islands in
                                        Corisco Bay
  
                                       



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