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Gabonese Republic |
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| Capital: |
Libreville |
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| Region: |
Africa |
| Subregion: |
Middle Africa |
| Area: |
267668 |
| Population size: (2025-06-19 21:42) |
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| Auto code: |
G |
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| COG |
Republic of the Congo |
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| CallingCode: |
+241 |
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| OIC |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation |
| WTO |
world Trade organisation |
| CEMAC |
Economic Community of Central African Countries |
| ACP-EU |
Countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific |
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 A country, state, region... (59) |
| First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 9 | | Independent political entity (PCLI)
| 1 | | Second-order administrative division (ADM2)
(A subdivision of a first-order administrative division) | 48 | | Fourth-order administrative division (ADM4)
(A subdivision of a third-order administrative division) | 1 | |
 Stream, lake... (2375) |
| Stream (STM)
(A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land) | 2074 | | Estuary (ESTY)
(A funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences) | 2 | | Bay (BAY)
(A coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf) | 23 | | Lake (LK)
(A large inland body of standing water) | 74 | | Swamp (SWMP)
(A wetland dominated by tree vegetation) | 1 | | Intermittent stream (STMI)
| 28 | | Rapids (RPDS)
(A turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed) | 40 | | Reef(s) (RF)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material) | 2 | | Lagoon (LGN)
(A shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature) | 20 | | Distributary(-ies) (STMD)
(A branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal) | 31 | | Shoal(s) (SHOL)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material) | 32 | | Waterfall(s) (FLLS)
(A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream) | 20 | | Wetland (WTLD)
(An area subject to inundation, usually characterized by bog, marsh, or swamp vegetation) | 8 | | Tidal creek(s) (CRKT)
(A meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents) | 16 | | Lakes (LKS)
(Large inland bodies of standing water) | 1 | | Intermittent lake (LKI)
| 1 | | Pond (PND)
(A small standing waterbody) | 1 | | Inlet (INLT)
(A narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water) | 1 | |
 Parks, area ... (26) |
| Oilfield (OILF)
(An area containing a subterranean store of petroleum of economic value) | 1 | | Locality (LCTY)
(A minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries) | 8 | | Park (PRK)
(An area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation) | 5 | | Reserve (RES)
(A tract of public land reserved for future use or restricted as to use) | 6 | | Hunting reserve (RESH)
(A tract of land used primarily for hunting) | 1 | | Wildlife reserve (RESW)
(A tract of public land reserved for the preservation of wildlife) | 1 | | Reservation (RESV)
(A tract of land set aside for aboriginal, tribal, or native populations) | 1 | | Petroleum basin (BSNP)
(An area underlain by an oil-rich structural basin) | 1 | | Port (PRT)
(A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging waterborne cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbor) | 2 | |
 City, village... (3933) |
| Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 3914 | | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 8 | | Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
| 1 | | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 10 | |
 Spot, building, farm (55) |
| Camp(s) (CMP)
(A site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use) | 1 | | Mission (MSSN)
(A place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion) | 1 | | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 37 | | Meteorological station (STNM)
(A station at which weather elements are recorded) | 1 | | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 7 | | Abandoned airfield (AIRQ)
| 1 | | Building(s) (BLDG)
(A structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc.) | 1 | | University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 2 | | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 2 | | Bridge (BDG)
(A structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across) | 1 | | Lighthouse (LTHSE)
(A distinctive structure exhibiting a major navigation light) | 1 | |
 Mountain, hill, rock... (422) |
| Plain(s) (PLN)
(An extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area) | 17 | | Point (PT)
(A tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape) | 106 | | Mountain (MT)
(An elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more) | 119 | | Hills (HLLS)
(Rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 12 | | Plateau (PLAT)
(An elevated plain with steep slopes on one or more sides, and often with incised streams) | 8 | | Peak (PK)
(A pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature) | 5 | | Cliff(s) (CLF)
(A high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area) | 3 | | Island (ISL)
(A tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 94 | | Mountains (MTS)
(A mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges) | 17 | | Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 21 | | Rocks (RKS)
(Conspicuous, isolated rocky masses) | 2 | | Cape (CAPE)
(A land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction) | 3 | | Bar (BAR)
(A shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts) | 2 | | Rock (RK)
(A conspicuous, isolated rocky mass) | 4 | | Gorge(s) (GRGE)
(A short, narrow, steep-sided section of a stream valley) | 2 | | Pass (PASS)
(A break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap]) | 1 | | Islands (ISLS)
(Tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 3 | | Peninsula (PEN)
(An elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water) | 3 | |
 Forest, heath... (7) |
| Forest(s) (FRST)
(An area dominated by tree vegetation) | 3 | | Grassland (GRSLD)
(An area dominated by grass vegetation) | 4 | |
