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Mbigou
Mbigou is a town in southern Gabon. It is the principal town in the Boumi-Louetsi Department in Ngounié Province, about 84 kilometres from Ndendé Ndendé is a town and capital of the Dola Department in Ngounié Province, southern Gabon. It is located 549 kilometres southeast of Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of .... It is served by Mbigou Airport. Geography Mbigou is located in southern Gabon. Nearby towns and villages include Lingoye (3.2 nm), Mougoko (3.2 nm), Mouvindou (2.8 nm), Lebagny (4.0 nm), Sounga (1.4 nm), Mbama (2.2 nm) and Livikou (1.0 nm). A path from Mbigou leads to Kembélé, used by the Nzabi people. This region of Gabon is very densely forested with evergreen trees, especially to the east with the Birougou National Park. Economy A Roman Catholic Mission and school was established in Mbigou in the early 20th century. The school had co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbigou Airport
Mbigou Airport (French: ''Aéroport de Mbigou'') is an airport serving the town of Mbigou in the Ngounié Province of Gabon. See also * * List of airports in Gabon * Transport in Gabon References External linksMbigou Airport Airports in Gabon {{Gabon-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbigou Soapstone
Mbigou is a town in southern Gabon. It is the principal town in the Boumi-Louetsi Department in Ngounié Province, about 84 kilometres from Ndendé. It is served by Mbigou Airport. Geography Mbigou is located in southern Gabon. Nearby towns and villages include Lingoye (3.2 nm), Mougoko (3.2 nm), Mouvindou (2.8 nm), Lebagny (4.0 nm), Sounga, Gabon, Sounga (1.4 nm), Mbama, Ngounié, Mbama (2.2 nm) and Livikou (1.0 nm). A path from Mbigou leads to Kembélé, used by the Nzabi people. This region of Gabon is very densely forested with evergreen trees, especially to the east with the Birougou National Park. Economy A Roman Catholic Mission and school was established in Mbigou in the early 20th century. The school had considerable importance in this region and students came from surrounding areas to attend it. In the 1990s the town received Canadian investment, with a loan of CFA1.38bn for electrification work and provision of drinking water and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boumi-Louetsi Department
Boumi-Louetsi is a department of Ngounié Province in southern Gabon. The capital lies at Mbigou. It had a population of 13,223 in 2013. Towns and villages *Mbigou *Lingoye Lingoye is a village in southern Gabon. It is located in the Boumi-Louetsi Department in Ngounié Province. Nearby towns and villages include Mahouna (2.2 nm), Mbonha (2.0 nm), Bambora (1.4 nm), Lastoursville Lastoursville or ... References Ngounié Province Departments of Gabon {{Gabon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngounié Province
Ngounié is a province of south-central Gabon covering an area of . Its capital is Mouila. At the 2013 census it had 100,838 inhabitants. In 2016, its governor was Benjamin Nzigou. History The province is named after the Ngounié River, which crosses it with its many tributaries. In December 1858 the French explorer Paul Du Chaillu navigated the Nguoiné river upstream to Fougamou. On his journey, he met several local tribes whom he described in his diaries of his second voyage. Later, Catholic missions were built in Mandji, Sindara, and Saint Martin, whose architecture attracts many tourists. Geography The geography varies from large expanses of savannah and forest to the Monts de Cristal in the north to the Chaillu and Ikoundou ranges further south. Steep sloping mountains abut plains and dense forests, savannah, lakes, and rich farmland. Population Estimated at 101,415 inhabitants, the population of the Ngounié includes significant ethnic diversity including Eshira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Gabon
The provinces of Gabon are divided into forty-nine departments. The departments are listed below, by province (capitals in parentheses): Estuaire Province *Komo Department (Kango) *Komo-Mondah Department (Ntoum) *Noya Department (Cocobeach) * Komo-Océan Department ( Ndzomoe) * Libreville (department & capital city) The Department of Cap Estérias ( Cap Estérias) was deleted in 2013. Haut-Ogooué Province *Djoue Department ( Onga) * Djououri-Aguilli Department (Bongoville) * Lekoni-Lekori Department ( Akiéni) * Lekoko Department ( Bakoumba) * Leboumbi-Leyou Department ( Moanda) * Mpassa Department (Franceville) * Plateaux Department ( Leconi) * Sebe-Brikolo Department ( Okondja) * Ogooué-Létili Department ( Boumango) * Lékabi-Léwolo Department ( Ngouoni) * Bayi-Brikolo Department ( Aboumi) Moyen-Ogooué Province * Abanga-Bigne Department ( Ndjole) * Ogooué et des Lacs Department (Lambaréné) Ngounié Province * Boumi-Louetsi Department ( Mbigou) * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punu-Lumbo Mask
A Punu-Lumbo mask is a tribal mask native to the Ogooué River basin in Gabon, especially in the south in Ngounié Province. The masks are extremely valuable to collectors of African art, and have been sold at Sotheby's for well over $400,000. The earliest known example, collected in 1867, is part of the Pitt Rivers Museum collection at the University of Oxford. Several other museums, such as the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. are in possession of one. They have been featured in the African Negro Art show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (1935), and at the , in Rotterdam (1953). The masks were popular among European collectors during the 1920s and 1930s. Design Compared stylistically to Japanese art, the masks are typically oval in shape, with narrowed eyes, arched eyebrows and small ears. The male masks (''ikwar'') tend to be brown and black pigment over kaolin and viewed as ugly and are shown at night whilst the masks for females (''mukudj'') tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birougou National Park
Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands, is a national park in central Gabon. It contains extremely dense Rainforest, rain forest in the Chaillu Mountains and is one of the two parks where the endemic Sun-tailed monkey, sun-tailed guenon, a monkey first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou,, 975 metres in altitude, one of the highest peaks in the country. Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Site, World Heritage Tentative List on October 20, 2005. Portions of the park have been designated as a Ramsar site since 2007. References External links Wildlife Conservation SocietyVirtual Tour of the National ParksParc national des Monts Birougou – UNESCO World Heritage Centre {{authority control National parks of Gabon Protected areas established in 2002 2002 establishments in Gabon Ramsar sites in Gabon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
