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Gabon

Gabon is one of the 193 UN member states, in Middle Africa. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

Gabon’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
261,134 km² (100,824 sq mi)
Population
2.2 millionNatural Earth estimate
Provinces
9in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
6with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
2on Globestamp’s list

Does Gabon count as a country?

Yes. Gabon is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.

ListCounts Gabon?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Gabon
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Gabon stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Gabon’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Gabon, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Gabon

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Gabon when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Gabon you can collect

Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Gabon, from 2 World Heritage Sites.

World Heritage Sites 2

Ivindo National Park (2021) · Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (2007). On the bucket list →

National parks 2

Ivindo National Park · Lopé National Park. On the bucket list →

Events in Gabon

Total solar eclipses over Gabon that the app knows: 3 November 2013. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Libreville578,156
Port-Gentil116,836

Airports

Gabon has 6 airports with scheduled flights, 2 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

9 provinces to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Gabon into 9 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 9

Estuaire · Haut-Ogooué · Moyen-Ogooué · Ngounié · Nyanga · Ogooué-Ivindo · Ogooué-Lolo · Ogooué-Maritime · Woleu-Ntem

Questions people ask

Is Gabon a country?

Yes. Gabon is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.

How many tourists visit Gabon?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Gabon. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Gabon stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Gabon count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Gabon”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Gabon

Near Gabon

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