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AREA AND POPULATION. The area of the Gabon Republic covers 267,000 sq. km; its population in 1970 was about 475,000, including about 12,000 Europeans. The capital is Libreville (73,000 inhabitants). A population census took place in 1970.
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Lasserre, G., Libreville, la ville et sa région. Paris, 1958
Thiery, Y. and Delarozière, R., Carte ethnique du Gabo. Paris, 1945
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Paxton, J. (1975). Gabon. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271043_89
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