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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 381 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GABUN , a See also:

district on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Africa, one of the colonies forming See also:French See also:Congo (q.v.). It derives its designation from the settlements on the Gabun See also:river or Rio de Gabao. The Gabun, in reality an See also:estuary of the See also:sea, lies immediately See also:north of the See also:equator. At the entrance, between Cape See also:Joinville or See also:Santa See also:Clara on the N. and Cape Pangara or Sandy Point on the S., it has a width of about to m. It maintains a breadth of some 7 M. for a distance of 40 M. inland, when it contracts into what is known as the Rio Olambo, which is not more than 2 or 3 M. from See also:bank to bank. Several See also:rivers, of which the Komo is the See also:chief, See also:discharge their See also:waters into the estuary. The Gabun was discovered by Portuguese navigators towards the See also:close of the 15th See also:century, and was named from its fanciful resemblance to a gabdo or See also:cabin. On the small See also:island of Konike, which lies about the centre of the estuary, scanty remains of a Portuguese fort have been discovered. The three See also:principal tribes in the Gabun are the See also:Mpongwe, the See also:Fang and the See also:Bakalai.

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