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GABON
@Gabon:Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Map references: Africa
Area:
total area: 267,670 sq km
land area: 257,670 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Colorado
Land boundaries: total 2,551 km, Cameroon 298 km, Congo 1,903 km,
Equatorial Guinea 350 km
Coastline: 885 km
Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
International disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial
Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay