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  1. Date of Independence: August 17, 1960 (from France)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 14, 1991
  3. Population: 1,225,853 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 103,347 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Libreville
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: oil, uranium, manganese, gold, timber, iron ore
  8. Main Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, wood processing, cement, petroleum processing, mining, chemicals, ship repairing, fishing
  9. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, palm oil, rubber, cattle
  10. Currency: Communaute Financi√®re Africaine (CFA) franc 
  11. GDP: $7.7 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $6,400 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschina, Bandjabi
  14. Religions: Christianity, Islam, animism
  15. Literacy Rate: 63%
  16. Life Expectancy:    54 years (male)
  17.                 60 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 28 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 13 per 1,000 population