| Name: | Gabon (Gabonese Republic) |
| Local name (French): | Gabon (République Gabonaise) |
| Bordering countries: | Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 267.7 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 1 322 ths. |
| Capital: | Libreville |
| Official language: | French |