The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ groups:

      Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality

      Religions:

      Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%

      Languages:

      French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.2% male: 73.7% female: 53.3% (1995 est.)

      Education expenditures:

      3.8% of GDP (2000)

      Government

       Gabon

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Gabonese Republic conventional short form: Gabon local long form: Republique gabonaise local short form: Gabon

      Government type:

      republic; multiparty presidential regime

      Capital:

      name: Libreville geographic coordinates: 0 23 N, 9 27 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem

      Independence:

      17 August 1960 (from France)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 17 August (1960)

      Constitution:

      adopted 14 March 1991

      Legal system:

      based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      21 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba (since 2 December 1967) head of government: Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe NDONG (since 20 January 2006) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (no term limits); election last held 27 November 2005 (next to be held in 2012); prime minister appointed by the president election results: President El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba reelected; percent of vote - El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba 79.2%, Pierre MAMBOUNDOU 13.6%, Zacharie MYBOTO 6.6%

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral legislature consists of the Senate (91 seats; members elected by members of municipal councils and departmental assemblies to serve six-year terms) and the National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 26 January and 9 February 2003 (next to be held by January 2009); National Assembly - last held 17 and 24 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2011) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 53, RNB 20, PGP 4, ADERE 3, RDP 1, CLR 1, independents 9; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PDG 82, RPG 8, UPG 8, UGDD 4, ADERE 3, CLR 2, PGP-Ndaot 2, PSD 2, independents 4, others 5

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts

      Political parties and leaders:

      Circle of Liberal Reformers or CLR [General Jean Boniface ASSELE];

       Congress for Democracy and Justice or CDJ [Jules Aristide Bourdes

       OGOULIGUENDE]; Democratic and Republican Alliance or ADERE

       [Divungui-di-Ndinge DIDJOB]; Gabonese Democratic Party or PDG

       (former sole party) [Simplice Nguedet MANZELA]; Gabonese Party for

       Progress or PGP [Benoit Mouity NZAMBA]; Gabonese Union for Democracy

       and Development or UGDD [Zacherie MYBOTO]; National Rally of

       Woodcutters or RNB; National Rally of Woodcutters-Rally for Gabon or

       RNB-RPG (Bucherons) [Fr. Paul M'BA-ABESSOLE]; Party of Development

       and Social Solidarity or PDS [Seraphin Ndoat REMBOGO]; People's

       Unity Party or PUP [Louis Gaston MAYILA]; Social Democratic Party or

       PSD [Pierre Claver MAGANGA-MOUSSAVOU]; Union for Democracy and

       Social Integration or UDIS; Union of Gabonese Patriots or UPG

       [Pierre MAMBOUNDOU]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      NA

      International organization participation:

      ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,

       ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO,

       Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,

       MINURCAT, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,

       UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Carlos BOUNGOU chancery: Suite 200, 2034 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 797–1000 FAX: [1] (202) 332–0668 consulate(s): New York

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Eunice S. REDDICK embassy: Boulevard du Bord de Mer, Libreville mailing address: Centre Ville, B. P. 4000, Libreville; pouch:2270 Libreville Place, Washington, DC 20521–2270 telephone: [241] 76 20 03 through 76 20 04, after hours - 07380171 FAX: [241] 74 55 07

      Flag description:

      three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue

      Economy

       Gabon

      Economy - overview:

      Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most of sub-Saharan African nations. СКАЧАТЬ