Gabon

BY: Alex Michek

Start of Gabon
Gabon was settled by the french in 1755, they used it with the use of trading slaves. After the American embargo act came and the whole slave distribution just fell apart. Later Gabon became a new country. Flag before gabon became a new country...

Government of Gabon
Republic since 1961 President is Ali Bongo Ondimba Born february 9, 1959 age 54 born in Brazzaville, Congo ALi Bongo Ondimba Raymond Ndong Sima

Raymond Ndong Sima National assembly consists of 120 deputies Elected every five years

102 senate members Elected every six years

Provinces
9 provinces Estuaire Libreville Haut- Ogooue Franceville Moyen- Ogooue Lambarene Ngounie Mouila Nyanga Tchibanga Ogooue- Ivindo Makokou Ogooue- Lolo Koulamoutou Ogooue- Maritime Port-Gentil Woleu- Ntem Oyem Population Density 160 people per square mile 1.517 Million people in gabon Estuaire Ngouni Ogoou-Lolo Ogoou-Ivindo Ogoou-Maritime Woleu-Ntem Nyanga Haut-Ogoou Moyen-Ogoou
662,028 people 101,415 people 64,534 people 64,163 people 128,774 people 157,013 people 50,297 people 228,471 people 60,990 people

Cultural Aspects
Religion 75% Christian 24% Atheist 1% Other (Muslim, Jewish) Native language: French Holidays Independence day August 18 celebrated with Dance and drum show with parades The flag was adopted the week after the independence was declared. The green shows the fast vegetation in the country, the Yellow represents the Equator that divides the country and the sunshine. The blue represents the coast of Gabon.

Climates and Biomes

Equatorial climate Biomes Tropical rain forest mature forest plains hot and humid most all the time dry season and wet season wet season 150 inches of rain dec- april dry season 70 inches of rain may-nov temperatures 80-105 in the dry season 75-95 in the wet season

Agriculture
Major exports of gabon Cocoa $85,000 per year Coffee $80,000 per year pineapples $25,000 per year shrimp $100,000 per year per boat Farming regions Ngounie Ogoone Maritime Ogooue-lolo

Major livestock 39,000 heads-Cattle 208,000 heads-Pigs 24,000 heads-Goats 259,000 heads-Sheep

Economy
Traditional economic system 3 groups Poor with no jobs no education the middle class which would work in the fields with the coffee and cocoa (little to no

education) wealthy the people that own the farms and the animals and all the coffee and cocoa, shrimpers

(well educated) Most anything that the less wealthy would have would be made in the country but the wealthy would have many good shipped to them

Trichospirura Aethiopica
Trichospirura aethiopica- nematode found in nearly all places in Gabon a type of parasite that will attach on to your skin, then it will spit on you which will cause your skin to go numb then it will eat you skin and burrow till it gets to your vains. the it will lay eggs and and make its way to your heart and eats away at the inside heart lining. the only ways to get rid of it is to inject a poison into your bloodstream on the down side to that the poison could potentially kill you.

Chimpanzee

Chordata

Chimpanzee- Chordata found in Moyen-Ogooue, Woleu-Ntem and Estuaire. They eat fruits vegetables and insects. Hominidae family closely related to humans gorillas and orangutans, chimpanzee are usually very aggressive. There are many fights over mating. Most ending in death of one or more chimpanzees. Chimps will have one baby at a time with the off chance of having twins or triplets.
COMMON NAME: KINGDOM: PHYLUM: CLASS: ORDER: FAMILY: chimpanzee, chimp

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Hominidae

Obtuse Demoulia
Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Species: Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Buccinoidea Nassariidae Nassariinae Demoulia D. obtusata

Mollusca

Obtuse Demoulia- mollusca Found all the way up the coast they eat plants and algae. this is a sea snail, also know as a mud snail. shell size 17mm to 25mm

Oligochaeta
about 5 to 10 cm

Annelida

Oligochaeta: annelida Found everywhere in Gabon breaks down nutrients in the soil (doesnt do much) grows to be

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum: Annelida Class: Clitellata

Subclass:Oligochaeta Order: Family: Genus: Lumbriculida Lumbriculidae Lumbriculus

Species: Lumbriculus variegatus

Caridina African Kingsley Crustacean

Caridina African Kingsley: Crustacean coast of Estuaire one of the most popular animals in gabon because shrimping is a very big export and service there. can grow anywhere from .9 mm to 7.4 mm

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Class: Order: Crustacea

Malacostraca Decapoda Caridea

Infraorder: Family: Genus:

Atyidae Caridina

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