Gabon 🇬🇦
Gabon is part of Africa with main city at
Libreville. Its Developing country with a
population of 2M people. The main currency is Central African CFA franc. The languages
spoken are French. the Gabonese Republic is the formal name of Gabon It is adviced to High degree of caution Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing 🌤️ ~25.10 °C 🌧 ~159.15 mm 👨👩👦👦 2M people
Advice
Weather ⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record High degree of caution
We've reviewed our travel advice for Gabon with new information in Where to get help. We haven't changed the level – ‘Exercise a high degree of caution’.
issued date: January 9, 2019
🌤️ Temperature
🌧 Rainfall
General
🔌 Sockets
Gabon uses 220V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type C.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are French
💱 Currencies Used
Gabon uses the Central African CFA franc (symbol: Fr), code XAF.Banknotes come in denominations of 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500 francs. Franc is subdivided into 100 centimes. Coins come in denominations of 500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 2 and 1 francs.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are rare in Gabon. Your best bet is to look for them in large cities and community places.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in Gabon is on average 1.7 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Gabon is very low. It's quite hard to find one.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about 15,805.24 XAF, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 2 telecoms: Airtel or Gabon Telecom. Gabon uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Gabon upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call Gabon, dial +, then 241 (the country code for Gabon), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Gabon, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 01 .
🆘 Emergency
Police
117
Ambulance
144
Fire department
118
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