Top 10 Interesting Facts About Gabon
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today In this Article I will show you top 10 interesting facts about Gabon.
1 You will be surprised to know that a large majority of 80 to 85 percent of gabon is covered by rainforests 11 of which has been dedicated for national parks making these parks some of the largest national parks in the world out of gabon's 14 national parks 13 were declared on the same day on august 30th 2002 by the late president el hajj omar bongo.
2 Gabon is home to hundreds of dolomite and limestone caves many of which are yet to be explored there are so many such caves in gabon that people continue to stumble upon them with a big part of the land mass remaining under natural forest cover many of these caves remain unknown.
3 Did you know that voting in elections is compulsory in gabon it is a country where people who are reluctant to vote may be punished since voting is compulsory those who dare to refrain from it may have to pay a huge fine later.
4 Gabon boasts a large young population with 40 of the total population being below 15 years of age about 56 percent of the total population is within the 15 to 64 age bracket less than four percent of the population is above 65 years that's interesting.
5 Gabon is home to around 80 percent of africa's.
6 Gorilla population the country grabs a giant share of baboons with 8 out of 10 baboons in africa found in gabon well that is a lot of gorillas.
7 Gabon was the center of slave trading activity back in the 19th century.
8 In fact libreville which means freetown is the capital city of gabon and was founded by freed slaves.
9 Mask making and ritual face paint are important parts of gabanese culture the gabonese people use these masks to praise their ancestors and to mark important life events by signifying transformation.
10 They are part of funeral and agrarian rights and are also used to promote fertility provide spiritual protection and express cultural identity that was all about gabon for you do like share comment and subscribe to website.
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