ABSTRACT
Located on central Africa’s west coast, Gabon is a tropical country of nearly 1,240,000 and is neighbored by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and Congo. Gabon’s capital and largest city is Libreville, which has a population of 419,000. Twenty-five percent of the country’s population is Fang, 10 percent is Bapounon, and 65 percent is made up of various other groups. The major languages spoken are French, Fang, Eshira, Bopounou, Bateke, and Okande. Between 55 percent and 75 percent of the population is Christian, while less than 1 percent are Muslim. The remaining population practices traditional indigenous religions.
