Land area

267,667 sq km

Population

1.82m (2010 estimate, IMF)

Main towns

Population ('000; 2010 World Gazetteer estimates)

Libreville (capital): 754

Port-Gentil: 142

Franceville: 56

Climate

Tropical

Weather in Libreville (altitude 35 metres)

Hottest month, January (23-31°C); coldest month, July (20-28°C); driest month, July (3 mm average rainfall); wettest month, November (373 mm average rainfall)

Languages

French (official), Fang, Myene and other Bantu languages: Batéké, Bapounou, Eshira, Bandjabi

Measures

Metric

Currency

CFA franc (CFAfr), fixed to the euro, backed by a guarantee from the Banque de France. It was devalued from CFAfr50:FFr1 to CFAfr100:FFr1 in 1994, and has been pegged at CFAfr655.96:EUR1 since France adopted the euro in 1999.

Time

1 hour ahead of GMT

Public holidays

Fixed public holidays: January 1st (New Year's Day), April 17th (Women's Day), May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Assumption), August 16th-17th (Independence Day), November 1st (All Saints' Day), December 25th (Christmas Day)

Movable public holidays: Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Easter, Pentecost