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 land: 257,667 sq km water: 10,000 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:	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 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, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Land use:	arable land: 1.26% permanent crops: 0.66% other: 98.08% (2001)
Irrigated land:	150 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:	NA
Environment - current issues:	deforestation; poaching
Environment - international agreements:	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, 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

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