Gabon is a country in West Africa, lying along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Bight of Biafra. Its capital and largest city is Libreville.
Gabon shares borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west.
Located on the equator, Gabon has an equatorial climate with an extensive system of rainforests covering 85% of the country.Gabon’s largest river is the Ogooué which is 1200 km long.