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Gabon

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Table of Contents

Gabon - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

1 811 079 (2013) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

241

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

GA

Internet country code

GA

GRC Country Code

GAB

Gabon - Number format 

   Note: This section last updated 19th April 2021

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

Gabon - Date and time formats

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   Note: This section last updated 19th April 2021

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   14:32

Gabon - Languages

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The official language is French External. There are 40 languages spoken in Gabon, and the geographical spread is complex. The main languages are Fang External (427 000 speakers); Mbere External (110 000 speakers); Myene External (35-69 000 speakers) and Njebi External.

Gabon - Example address format

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Any address written in a non-native language will be written in French. Deliveries are made only to post office boxes (Boîte Postale, or BP).

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:

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   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Gabon - Post office box

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This is written as Boîte Postale, or BP.

Gabon - Postal codes

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Gabon has no postal code system.

Gabon - Postal code format graphic

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Gabon - Postal code format

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Gabon - Postal code specifics

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Gabon - Postal code regular expression

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Gabon - Postal code level of coverage

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Gabon - Postal code map

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Gabon - Administrative districts

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Gabon has 9 provinces External, not used in addresses: 

    Estuaire External
    Haut-Ogooué External
    Moyen-Ogooué External
    Ngounié External
    Nyanga External
    Ogooué-Ivindo External
    Ogooué-Lolo External
    Ogooué-Maritime External
    Woleu-Ntem External

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in Gabon

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   Note: This section last updated 15th November 2019

Gabonese telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 9 digits. Mobile numbers commence with a 6 or 7.

Properties with value Gabon

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/gabon/admin/ External 20230103

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