Gabon - Money

Currency & Money

Currency information:

CFA (Communauté Financière Africaine) Franc (XAF; symbol CFA) = 100 centimes. Notes are in denominations of CFA10,000, 5,000, 2,000, 1,000 and 500. Coins are in denominations of CFA500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1.

Only currency issued by the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (Bank of Central African States) is valid; currency issued by the Banque des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Bank of West African States) is not. The CFA Franc is tied to the Euro.

Note: Libreville is one of the most expensive cities in the world.

Credit cards:

American Express, MasterCard and Visa are not widely accepted.

Travellers cheques:

To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take traveller's cheques in Euros.

Banking hours:

Mon-Fri 0730-1130, 1430-1630.

Currency restriction:

The import of local currency and the import and export of foreign currency is unlimited, subject to declaration. The export of foreign currency is limited to CFA200,000.

Currency exchange:

Gabon is part of the French Monetary Area.

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