.ga

.ga

Introduced	12 December 1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Gabon Telecom
Sponsor	Gabon Telecom
Intended use	Entities connected with  Gabon
Actual use	takes place for any organization declared in Gabon. Also popular as a general-purpose domain
Registration restrictions	Yes, Unknown
Structure	Registrations are available directly at second level
Dispute policies	Unknown
Registry website	my.ga

.ga is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Gabon.

History[]

Between 1998 and 2004 it was administered by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications de la République Gabonaise and then transferred to Gabon Telecom. Gabon Telecom in 2013 formed a partnership with international domain registrar Freenom to offer registrations of this domain for free.^[1] It has quickly become the second most popular domain name offered by Freenom and Safecow, right after .tk^[2] which has been free for many years.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2013, the Agence Nationale des Infrastructures Numériques et des Fréquences (ANINF) of Gabon is responsible for the .ga domain.

Non-Conventional Naming[]

Some entities are named using these informal conventions:

• amb-name.ga – embassies
• ch-name.ga or chu-name.ga – hospitals
• ot-name.ga – tourism offices
• univ-name.ga – universities
• cci-name.ga – companies house
• mairie-name.ga – city halls

Second-Level Domain Names[]

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• .gouv.ga – Government
• .org.ga – International organizations
• .co.ga – Commercial organizations
• .edu.ga, .ed.ga, ac.ga, or univ.ga – Schools, universities, academies

References[]

External links[]

• Redelegation of the .GA domain representing Gabon to Agence Nationale des Infrastructures Numériques et des Fréquences. Report of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority from 29 March 2013.
• IANA .ga whois information