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- Gabonese Republic
- authoritarian presidial republic with multi-party-system
- own name: République Gabonaise
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• Origin of the Country's Name
National flag,
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Wikipedia (DE), Flags of the World
Naval flag,
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since 2016,
Flag of the President,
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Flags of the World
1959–1960,
National flag,
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Wikipedia (DE)
1960–1990,
Flag of the President,
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Flags of the World
1990–2016,
Flag of the President,
ratio = 4:5,
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Flags of the World
The on the 28th of November in 1958 established Autonomous Republic of Gabon received their first flag on 29th of June in 1959. She already very equals the today's flag, however the yellow stripe was only half wide, and the upper canton of the flag showed the French tricolor. The today's flag was officialy introduced on the 9th of august in 1960. Green stands for the economical important forests, yellow for the sun and blue for the ocean. The colors Pantone pt 355, pt 109, and pt 293 are given for Gabon.
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Wikipedia (DE),
Flaggen Wappen Hymnen,
Flags of the World
Coat of arms of Gabon,
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Wikipedia (DE),
Corel Draw 4
The coat of arms of the state of Gabon was introduced on 15th of July in 1963. It shows a below to a top developing French shield. In it on golden ground a black sailing ship above a blue water surface, it stands for will to progress. The upper part of the shield is green, it stands for the forests of the country, and shows in it three golden disks. Those represent the mineral resources. Behind the shield a tree, protrude its Krone above and its radices below the shield. Above the shield a white typeface ribbon with the motto: "Uniti Progrediemur" →"united forward", below the shield a blue typeface ribbon with the motto of the state: "Union, Travail, Justice" → "unity, work, justice". Shield holders are two black panthers.
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Flaggen Wappen Hymnen
Aircraft Roundel,
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Location:
Source: CIA World Factbook
Map of the country:
Source: CIA World Factbook
Area: 103.346 square miles
Inhabitants: 2.176.800 (2020), thereof 79% Bantu (Fang, Shira, ...), 18% other Africans, 3% Europeans (most Frenchmen)
Religions: 42% Roman Catholic, 27% other Christian, 12% Protestant, 10% Muslim, 1% Animist
Density of Population: 21 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Libreville, 703.939 inh. (2013)
official Language: French
other Languages: Bantu languages: Fang, Eshira, ...
Currency: CFA-Franc (BEAC) = 100 Centimes,
FCFA = "Franc de la Coopération Financière en Afrique Centrale"
Time Zone: GMT +1 h
Source:
CIA World Factbook,
Wikipedia (DE)
1471 · the Portugese Diaz discovers the coast of the today's Gabon
1839 · beginning French colonization
1886 · French colony
1888 · Gabon becomes a part of French Congo
1910 · Gabon becomes a part of French Equatorial Africa
28th od November in 1958 · autonomous republic
17th of August in 1960 · France grants independence
1964 · military revolt, French intervention
1968 · establishment of a one-party-system
1990 · re-permission of a multi-party-system, since then repeatedly riots
2019 · attempted coup by the military
2023 · military coup d’état
Source:
Weltgeschichte,
Flaggen Wappen Hymnen,
Wikipedia (DE)
The country's name "Gabon" is of Portuguese origin, and goes back to the word "Gabão" which means coat. It is an allusion to the in the age of the discoveries there again and again occurring dense fog that everything enveloped like a coat.
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Wikipedia (DE)
