Everything you need to know about Gabon
Explore Gabon from Libreville and the Atlantic coast to the Ogooué valley, northern forests and southeastern plateaus. Place twelve cities and towns, discover ten sights, read ten illustrated topics and begin French.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Gabon
An equatorial country of Atlantic estuaries, forested hills and the Ogooué basin.
Know the shape of the country
Find twelve cities and towns in two rounds of six. Pins mark settlement centres across the coast and interior, separate from provincial boundaries. Zoom in around Moanda and Franceville.
Heritage and landscapes of Gabon
Essential · World Heritage
Lopé-Okanda
A mixed World Heritage property inscribed in 2007: rainforest, relict savanna and evidence of long human occupation. The pin represents the landscape.
Locate ten heritage, river and wildlife landscapes from Libreville and Lambaréné to the forest interior and southeastern plateaus. Essential marks starting points for learning; Detour adds context. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take French with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
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