GABON
by
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COUNTRY POPULATION SIZE
(square miles)		 POPULATION DENSITY
(# of people per square mile)
USA 301,139,947 3,539,225 85
GABON 1,400,000 102,317 14

 

NATIONAL FLAG OF GABON

 

LOCATION:

 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GABON

       My country was colonized by the French in 1910. The French used Gabon’s forests for their own timber, and made slaves out of the people of Gabon. Whole communities were forced to move into forest areas to collect rubber and other forest products. Many died of malnutrition and disease.  

      Gabon’s people got their independence in 1849. After their independence, in 1960 they formed political parties by their president Leon M’ba.    

                                               Works Cited

"Gabon." Peoples of Africa. Marshall Cavendish Digital. 2009. 18 February 2009
<http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/articledisplay/20/4863/49575

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108121.html

Flag and map courtesy of Microsoft Clipart Gallery.