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provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

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 ...

are divided into forty-nine departments. The departments are listed below, by province (capitals in parentheses):

Estuaire Province Estuaire is the most populous of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 20,740 km. The provincial capital is Libreville, which is also Gabon's national capital. The province is named for the Gabon Estuary, which lies at the heart of ...

Komo Department Komo Department is a department of Estuaire Province in western Gabon. The capital lies at Kango Kango is a town in the Estuaire Province of Gabon, Central Africa, lying on the Komo River and the N1 road. It has a station near the Trans-G ...

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Kango Kango is a town in the Estuaire Province of Gabon, Central Africa, lying on the Komo River and the N1 road. It has a station near the Trans-Gabon Railway, where the railway bridges the Gabon Estuary. Kango is a small town with a population o ...

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Komo-Mondah Department Komo-Mondah is a department in the Estuaire Province in western Gabon. The capital is located in Ntoum with a population of 90,096 as of 2013. Towns and villages * Ntoum Famous people Well-known people from the Department include Paul Biyogh ...

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Ntoum Ntoum or Nkan is a town in Estuaire Province in northwestern 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 i ...

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Noya Department Noya is a department of Estuaire Province in western Gabon. The capital lies at Cocobeach Cocobeach is a town in northwestern Gabon, lying on the south bank of the Muni River. It is the capital of the Noya Department. It has a beach and is t ...

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Cocobeach Cocobeach is a town in northwestern Gabon, lying on the south bank of the Muni River. It is the capital of the Noya Department. It has a beach and is the main border town for Equatorial Guinea, ferries sailing to Cogo across the river and the bo ...

) * Komo-Océan Department ( Ndzomoe) *

Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh ...

(department & capital city) The Department of Cap Estérias ( Cap Estérias) was deleted in 2013.

Haut-Ogooué Province Haut-Ogooué is the southeasternmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of . The provincial capital is Franceville. One of its primary industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium being ...

Djoue Department Djoue is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern 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, ...

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Djououri-Aguilli Department Djouori-Agnili is a Department (country subdivision), department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Bongoville. It had a population of 4,210 in 2013. Towns and villages References

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Bongoville Bongoville is a town in southeastern Gabon, east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until it was renamed for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It is just west of the B ...

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Lekoni-Lekori Department Lekoni-Lekori is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in southeastern Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equ ...

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Akiéni Akiéni is a small town in Lekoni-Lekori Department in Haut-Ogooue in north-eastern Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Locate ...

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Lekoko Department Lekoko is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern 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, ...

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Bakoumba Bakoumba is a town in south eastern Gabon with a population of around 2,500 - 3000 people. It lies south west of Moanda and was the headquarters for the COMILOG Cableway, carrying manganese from Moanda to Mbinda in Republic of Congo. The cable ...

) * Leboumbi-Leyou Department (

Moanda Moanda is one of the largest towns in Gabon, lying on the N3 road in Haut Ogooué. It is also one of the most important manganese mining towns in the world, under the auspices of the ''Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué'' (COMILOG), which began ...

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Mpassa Department Mpassa is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital is Franceville. It had a population of 129,694 in 2013. Towns and villages See also * Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African co ...

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Franceville Franceville is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of 110,568 at the 2013 census. It lies on the Mpassa River and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savor ...

) * Plateaux Department ( Leconi) * Sebe-Brikolo Department (

Okondja Okondja is a town in Haut-Ogooué province, eastern Gabon. It is the capital of the Sebe-Brikolo Department. According to the 1993 census it had a population of 5,193 and in 2013 it had an estimated population of 10,136 . It lies along Nationa ...

) * Ogooué-Létili Department ( Boumango) * Lékabi-Léwolo Department ( Ngouoni) * Bayi-Brikolo Department ( Aboumi)

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 ...

* Abanga-Bigne Department ( Ndjole) * Ogooué et des Lacs Department (

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 rive ...

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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 ...

* Boumi-Louetsi Department ( Mbigou) * Dola Department (

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 ...

) * Douya-Onoy Department (

Mouila Mouila is the capital of the Ngounié region of Gabon. It lies on the Ngounié River and the N1 road and has a population of about 20,000 people. Its main sight is Lac Bleu, a lake known for its bright blue water. Mouila is very spread out ...

) * Louetsi-Wano Department ( Lébamba) * Ndolou Department ( Mandji) * Ogoulou Department (

Mimongo Mimongo is a place in the region of Province de la Ngounie in Gabon at 1°37'12" south of the equator and 11°36'36" east of the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Mimongo has a population of approximately 3,307 people. Facts on Mimongo: Name: Mimongo ...

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Tsamba-Magotsi Department Tsamba-Magotsi is a department of Ngounié Province in southern Gabon. The capital lies at Fougamou Fougamou is a small town in Ngounié Province in Gabon. It has a population of about 4,100 and is the capital of Tsamba-Magotsi Department. ...

( Fougamou) * Louetsi-Bibaka Department (Malinga) * Mougalaba Department (Guietsou)

Nyanga Province Nyanga is the southernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Tchibanga, which had a total of 31294 inhabitants in 2013 (more than the half of the province population). Nyanga is the least populated province of the nine and th ...

* Basse-Banio Department (

Mayumba Mayumba is a Vili- and Shira-speaking town of about 5,208 people on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Gabon, at the end of the N6 road, lying on a peninsula separated from the mainland by the Banio Lagoon. Description It is known for its long sandy ...

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Douigni Department Douigni is a department of Nyanga Province in southern 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 bord ...

( Moabi) * Haute-Banio Department ( Ndindi) * Mougoutsi Department (

Tchibanga Tchibanga is a city in the Nyanga Province of southern Gabon, situated on the Nyanga River. It has an estimated population of 24,000 (2008). The town lies on the N6 road and is home to Tchibanga Airport and a market. It lies near the Ivela Fa ...

) * Doutsila Department ( Mabanda) * Mongo Department ( Binza)

Ogooué-Ivindo Province Ogooué-Ivindo Province is the northeasternmost of Gabon's nine provinces, though its Lopé Department is in the very center of the country. It gets its name from two rivers, the Ogooué and the Ivindo. This province, containing thousands of s ...

Ivindo Department Ivindo is a department of Ogooué-Ivindo Province in northern-central Gabon. Its capital is also the province's capital, Makokou Makokou is the regional capital of the Ogooué-Ivindo province in Gabon. Its coordinates are . Its altitude is ...

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Makokou Makokou is the regional capital of the Ogooué-Ivindo province in Gabon. Its coordinates are . Its altitude is 308 m. Its population in 2004 is around 16,600. The city lies on the Ivindo River and the N4 road. It grew around iron ore mini ...

) * Lope Department (

Booué Booué is a small town in central Gabon. It is situated in Lopé Department, southwest side of the Ogooué-Ivindo Province. The town lies just 6.6 miles to the south of the Equator and is the province's only Department capital in the Souther ...

) * Mvoung Department ( Ovan) * Zadie Department ( Mekambo)

Ogooué-Lolo Province The Ogooué-Lolo Province is one of the nine provinces of Gabon, slightly southeast of central Gabon. The regional capital is Koulamoutou, a city of approximately 16,000 people. It is the ninth largest city in Gabon and the home of slightly more ...

* Lolo-Bouenguidi Department (

Koulamoutou Koulamoutou is the capital of Ogooué-Lolo Province in east-central Gabon, with a population of around 16,000 people. It lies at the confluence of the Lolo River and the River Bouenguidi and on the N6 road. The town has an airport and had b ...

) * Lombo-Bouenguidi Department ( Pana) * Mouloundou Department (

Lastoursville Lastoursville or Mandji is a city in east-central Gabon, lying on the Ogooué River, the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It was founded as a slave depot named ''Mandji'', renamed ''Maadiville'' in 1883 and finally took its current name f ...

) * Offoué-Onoye Department ( Iboundji)

Ogooué-Maritime Province Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 22,890 km. The provincial capital is Port-Gentil. It has a 2013 census population of 157,562. The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the Gulf of Guinea to ...

* Bendje Department (

Port-Gentil Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta with no bridges to the mainland. Nea ...

) * Etimboue Department ( Omboue) * Ndougou Department (

Gamba Gamba or Gambas may refer to: Geography *Gamba, Gabon, a port **Gamba Airport in Gamba, Gabon *Gamba, Chad, a town *Gamba County, Tibet People *Gamba (surname) *Gamba (footballer) (Carlos Alberto Gambarotta; 1893–1944), Brazilian footballer Ot ...

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Woleu-Ntem Province Woleu-Ntem is the northernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 38,465 km and named after Woleu and Ntem rivers that cross it. The provincial capital is Oyem, which had a total of 60,685 inhabitants in 2013. As Woleu-Ntem i ...

Haut-Komo Department Haut-Komo is a Department (country subdivision), department of Woleu-Ntem Province in northern Gabon. The capital lies at Médouneu. The department borders with Equatorial Guinea. It had a population of 3,403 in 2013. References

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( Medouneu) * Haut-Ntem Department (

Minvoul Minvoul is a town in Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon. Location It is near the border with Cameroon and is near a tributary of the Ntem River The Campo (in Spanish: ''Río Campo'') or Ntem River is a border river in Cameroon, mainland Equatorial G ...

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Bitam Bitam is a town in northern Gabon on the N2 road on the border with Cameroon. As of the 2013 census, its population is 27,923. It is home to a large market and an airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly ...

) * Okano Department (

Mitzic Mitzic is a town located in Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon. Mitzic is located 322.71 km from Libreville, the capital of Gabon, and 111.47 km from Oyem, capital of Woleu Ntem. History The work of the late Moise Nkoghe Mvé, entitled ''The H ...

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Woleu Department Woleu is a department of Woleu-Ntem Province in northern Gabon. The capital lies at Oyem. It borders Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Repu ...

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Oyem Oyem is the capital of Woleu-Ntem province in northern Gabon, lying on the N2 road and the River Ntem. Geography The town lies on a plateau at an elevation of about . It is the administrative and transport center for the surrounding agricultural ...

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