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AREA AND POPULATION. The Gabon Republic is bounded west by the Atlantic ocean and north by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon and east and south by Congo. The area covers 267,667 sq. km; its population in 1974 (estimate) was about 950,000, including about 12,000 Europeans. The capital is Libreville (251,400 inhabitants), Port Gentil (77,111).
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Lasserre, G., Libreville, lu ville et sa région. Paris, 1958
Thiery, Y., and Delarozière, R., Carte ethnique du Gabon. Paris, 1945
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Paxton, J. (1978). Gabon. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271074_55
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