Mékambo is a small town in north-eastern Gabon on the banks of the
Zadié river. It is located in the
Ogooué-Ivindo province 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 ...
and is the seat of the
Zadié Department. It has received international press for recent outbreaks of
Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a diverse group of animal and human illnesses in which fever and hemorrhage are caused by a viral infection. VHFs may be caused by five distinct families of RNA viruses: the families ''Filoviridae'', ''Flav ...
in 1994 and 1997.
It is served by
Mékambo Airport.
Climate
Mékambo has a
tropical dry savanna climate (
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
''As'').
Minerals
Iron ore deposits are found in the vicinity.
References
Populated places in Ogooué-Ivindo Province
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