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Ogooué Et Des Lacs (department)
Ogooué et des Lacs is a Department (country subdivision), department of Moyen-Ogooué Province in western Gabon. Its capital is also the province's capital, Lambaréné. It had a population of 54,346 in 2013. Towns and villages * Bindo References Moyen-Ogooué Province Departments of Gabon {{Gabon-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Countries Of The World
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 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, 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 political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Gabon
The flag of Gabon (french: drapeau du Gabon) is a tricolour (flag), tricolour consisting of three horizontal green, yellow and blue bands. Adopted in 1960 to replace the previous colonial flag containing the Flag of France, French Tricolour at the Glossary of vexillology#Description of standard flag parts and terms, canton, it has been the flag of the Gabon, Gabonese Republic since the country gained independence that year. The design of the present flag entailed the removal the Tricolour and the widening of the yellow stripe at the centre. History The French gained control of modern-day Gabon in 1839, when a local chief surrendered the sovereignty of his land to them. The Berlin Conference of 1885 solidified France's claim to the territory through diplomatic recognition, and it later became part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910. Under French colonial empire, French colonial rule over Gabon, the authorities forbade the colony from utilizing its own National flag, distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly and its population is estimated at million people. There are coastal plains, mountains (the Cristal Mountains and the Chaillu Massif in the centre), and a savanna in the east. Since its independence from France in 1960, the sovereign state of Gabon has had three presidents. In the 1990s, it introduced a multi-party system and a democratic constitution that aimed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed some governmental institutions. With petroleum and foreign private investment, it has the fourth highest HDI in the region (after Mauritius, Seychelles and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly and its population is estimated at million people. There are coastal plains, mountains (the Cristal Mountains and the Chaillu Massif in the centre), and a savanna in the east. Since its independence from France in 1960, the sovereign state of Gabon has had three presidents. In the 1990s, it introduced a multi-party system and a democratic constitution that aimed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed some governmental institutions. With petroleum and foreign private investment, it has the fourth highest HDI in the region (after Mauritius, Seychelles and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyen-Ogooué Province
Moyen-Ogooué is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of . The provincial capital is Lambaréné. As of 2013, 69,287 people lived there. Unlike any other province of Gabon, Moyen-Ogooué has neither seacoast nor a foreign border. It borders the following provinces: *Estuaire Province – northwest *Woleu-Ntem Province – north-northeast *Ogooué-Ivindo Province – east *Ogooué-Lolo Province – southeast, at a quadripoint *Ngounié Province – south *Ogooué-Maritime Province – west-southwest Moyen-Ogooué borders all but two of the rest of Gabon's provinces, thus more than any other province. Departments Moyen-Ogooué is divided into 2 departments: * Abanga-Bigne Department (capital Ndjolé) * Ogooué et des Lacs Department (capital Lambaréné Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. It has a population of 38,775 as of 2013, and is located 75 kilometres south of the equator. Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department (country Subdivision)
A department (, ) is an administrative or political division in several countries. Departments are the first-level divisions of 11 countries, nine in the Americas and two in Africa. An additional 10 countries use departments as second-level divisions, eight in Africa, and one each in the Americas and Europe. As a territorial entity, "department" was first used by the French Revolutionary governments, apparently to emphasize that each territory was simply an administrative sub-division of the united sovereign nation. (The term "department", in other contexts, means an administrative sub-division of a larger organization.) This attempt to de-emphasize local political identity contrasts strongly with countries divided into "states" (implying local sovereignty). The division of France into departments was a project particularly identified with the French revolutionary leader the Abbé Sieyès, although it had already been frequently discussed and written about by many politicians an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambaréné
Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. It has a population of 38,775 as of 2013, and is located 75 kilometres south of the equator. Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest at the river Ogooué. This river divides the city into 3 districts: Rive Gauche, Ile Lambaréné and Rive Droite. The Albert Schweitzer Hospital and the districts Adouma and Abongo are located on Rive Droite. The districts Atongowanga, Sahoty, Dakar, Grand Village, Château, Lalala and Bordamur build the Ile Lambaréné. The majority of the people in Lambaréné live in the district Isaac located on Rive Gauche. This district hosts the Lambaréné Airport. Today Lambaréné is inhabited mainly by Bantu ethnic groups such as the Fang, Bapounou, Eshira, and Myéné; these displaced the Pygmies to the east and north of Gabon. The main economic activity in the town is the fishery and a new port is under construction. Schweitzer The Franco-German Nobel Peace Prize winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bindo
Bindo is a retail technology company, headquartered in New York, NY with APAC headquarters in Hong Kong. Its core product is a cloud-based point of sale system that enables online shopping for the end consumer. Bindo's hyperlocal marketplace allows merchants to run their stores and merchandise online and connect them with consumers in their neighborhood. Bindo creates a real-time product graph that connects brands, consumers, and merchants. History Bindo was founded in October 2010, by JoMing Au, Brad Lauster and Jason Ngan. It was initially started by two friends, Ngan and Au, who both sold electronics on eCommerce websites during their college days. After graduation, Au worked in aerospace and Ngan in financial engineering. After a while, on the side, they started to work on Bindo with the initial intention of trying to index available local inventory online. Ngan then met Lauster who shared a vision that shopping online at local stores shouldn’t be so difficult. They then de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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