Kim+Gabon+2A


 * Size of country in square miles (compare it to the United States)
 * **Area, sq. mi.: ** (Gabon) 103,347 (rank=76). (USA) 3,794,100.
 * Population density in people per square mile (compare it to the United States)
 * **Population: ** 1,545,255 (rank=150)
 * Gross Domestic Product per capita (explain what “GDP per capita” means and how your country relates to the United States’ GDP per capita) GDP per capita means how much each person makes a year. in their job
 * **Real GDP per capita: ** (Gabon) $15,167. (USA) $45,592.
 * Political and physical map of your country[[image:gabon_pol_2002.jpg width="240" height="296" align="left"]]

 > ·  This means: does the country have a president, prime minister? When is the countries president, prime minister elected? The United States of America’s president (currently Barack Obama) is re-elected every four years, the term limit is 2. Gabon's president (currently Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba) is head of state. A prime minister (currently Paul Biyoghe Mba) is head of government. The president has the most authority and appoints the prime minister. Elections for the presidency are held every seven years; there are no term limits.
 * Image of their flag (and any significance of the symbols, colors, etc.)
 * Life expectancy (compare it to the United States)
 * **Life expectancy: (Gabon) ** 59 male, 62 female. (USA) 77 male, 81 female.
 * Birth rate (compare it to the United States)
 * Infant mortality rate (compare it to the United States)
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Infant mortality rate: (Gabon) **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;"> 52 per 1,000 births. (USA) 6 per 1,000 births.
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Language(s) spoken
 * <span style="color: #548dd4; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Most Gabonese speak both French and their ethnic group's native tongue.
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Monetary Unit
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">Currency: **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;"> CFA franc
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Type of Government (and explain what this means and how it is different from the United States)
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Political Leader
 * chief of state: President Ali Ben BONGO Ondimba (since 16 October 2009)
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Religions practiced
 * <span style="color: #548dd4; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">About 60 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, 20 percent is Protestant, and the remaining people practice Islam or local animist beliefs.
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Literacy Rate (compare it to the United States)
 * <span style="color: #4bacc6; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Gabon- male 90%, female 82%. USA- male 99%, female 99%.
 * <span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Economic Summary (can include natural resources, trading partners, types of industry, etc.)
 * <span style="color: #4bacc6; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Oil constitutes one-third of Gabon’s gdp, and 80% of the country’s exports. Manganese and uranium are also exported. Coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, and palm oil are the largest commercial crops.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Brief history (DO NOT copy and paste…use your own words!)
 * Most people in Gabon speak French and their group’s native language. People avoid marrying relatives by generally marrying within their native group but outside of their village. Four-fifths of Africa’s gorillas and chimpanzees live in Gabon. Plantains or baton de manioc, a pasta made from cassava, is a typical meal in Gabon.