Estuaire is the most populous 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 nort ...
's nine
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 ou ...
. 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 the province.
Estuaire is at the northwestern corner of Gabon, its western edge as the shores of the
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian (zero degrees latitude and longitude) is in ...
. To the north, Estuaire borders the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
: the
Litoral Province in the northwest, and the
Centro Sur Province in the northeast. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
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Woleu-Ntem – east
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Moyen-Ogooué – south-southeast
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Ogooué-Maritime – southwest
Departments
Estuaire is divided into 6 departments:
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Komo Department (
Kango)
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Komo-Mondah Department (
Ntoum)
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Noya Department (
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 ...
)
*Cap Estérias Department (Cap Estérias)
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Komo-Océan Department (Ndzomoe)
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Libreville (department & capital city)
References
External links
Statoids, Departments of Gabon
Provinces of Gabon
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