Gabon

Gabon

Gabon ranks 136th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nicaragua, Sudan, and Guadeloupe. Memorable people born in present day Gabon include Omar Bongo, François Bozizé, and Rose Francine Rogombé. Memorable people who died in Gabon include Albert Schweitzer, Bartholomew Roberts, and Samori Ture. Gabon has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and physicians.

Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and a population of 2.3 million people. There are coastal plains, mountains, and a savanna in the east. Libreville is the country's capital and the largest city. Read more on Wikipedia