- Population
- 2.5M
- Area
- 267,668 km²
- Language
- French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Drives on the
- Right
- Domain
- .ga
- Calling code
- +241
Why it sticks
- 1
About 88% of the country is rainforest, and 13 national parks were created at once in 2002.
- 2
Loango National Park is famous for elephants on the beach and hippos swimming in the surf.
- 3
The Bongo family ruled for 56 years, from 1967 until a military coup in 2023.
- 4
The flag has horizontal green, yellow and blue stripes for forest, the equator/sun and the sea.
GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr coverage: Unofficial coverage- Signs in French; very dense, dark-green equatorial forest.
- Recognise the green-yellow-blue horizontal flag.
- The capital is a coastal city on the Komo estuary, almost exactly on the equator.
Coverage types
- GeoGuessr coverage: OfficialGoogle Street View in the official GeoGuessr maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: LimitedOnly a few cities or trekker routes
- GeoGuessr coverage: UnofficialUser photospheres only, not in official maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: NoneNo usable Street View coverage