Gabon: Flag and Facts
Gabon's flag has three equal horizontal stripes: green on top, yellow in the middle, and blue on the bottom.
- Official name
- Gabonese Republic
- Capital
- Libreville
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Population
- 2.5 million (2025)
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc
- Area
- 267,668 km² (103,347 sq mi)
- People
- Gabonese
- Calling code
- +241
- Highest point
- Mont Bengoue 1,050 m
- Independence
- 17 August 1960 (from France)
- National symbols
- black panther
- Borders
- Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea
About Gabon
The green represents forests and natural resources. Gold stands for the sun and the equator, and blue for the sea. Simple as it is, the flag maps the country well: a narrow coastal plain, a hilly interior, and savanna to the east and south.
Kingdoms such as Loango and Orungu rose here starting around the early 1300s. Most early Bantu languages had no written form, so much of that history has been lost. Portuguese traders arrived in the mid-1400s and gave the area the name Gabon. Independence from France came on 17 August 1960. Today about 40 ethnic groups live in the country, and the biggest is the Fang, who live across the northern third and into Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.
Did you know?
- The black panther is Gabon's national symbol.
- Mont Bengoue, the highest point, reaches 1,050 meters.
- Gabon is slightly smaller than Colorado.
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Questions about Gabon
What is the capital of Gabon?
Libreville, with about 870,000 residents.
What is the national anthem of Gabon?
It is La Concorde, meaning The Concorde.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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