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1,383,000 INHABITANTS
PER CAPITA GDP OF: 2,503,400 CFAFr (3,816 €)
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES
HEALTH, A NATIONAL PRIORITY
83% OF CHILDREN IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION
85% FOREST COVERAGE
AN IDEAL BREEDING GROUND FOR BUSINESS
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Air transport
- Number of airports: 61
Regular flights to Europe, Africa and the Middle East
- Main airports:
- Libreville International Airport: 870,939 passengers
per year
- Port-Gentil
- Franceville
- Airline companies, domestic flights:
- National Company Air Gabon
- Private companies (Air Service, Air Inter, Air Affaires Gabon, Retra)
- Airline companies, international flights:
- Air Gabon
- Air France
- Air Afrique
- Cameroon Airline
- Swissair
- Royal Air Maroc
Rail and road transport
- Railway:
649 km (single-track line, OCTRA - Trans-Gabonese Railway Authority; inaugurated in 1986).
- Roads:
- Total distance: 7 500 km
- Paved: 560 km
- Unpaved: 960 km
Construction project for an intermodal haulage depot in Libreville, aimed at linking the railway, the trunk road and the new airport
Transport by inland waterway
- Waterways: 1 600 km
- Main ports:
- Port-Gentil
- Owendo
- Mayumba
- Waterways operated by:
- CNI (Inland Navigation Company)
- Local carriers
Gabon's position (facing the Atlantic and bordering the countries of Central Africa) means that it has the credentials to become an effective international platform and a strategic access point for Central Africa.
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