Ogooué-Maritime Province
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Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost 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 ...
'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 outsi ...
. It covers an area of 22,890 km. The provincial capital is
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 ...
. It has a 2013 census population of 157,562. The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the
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to the northwest and the South
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to the southwest. It is the only coastal province without a foreign border. On land, it borders the following provinces: * Estuaire – north * Moyen-Ogooué – northeast * Ngounié – east *
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– southeast


Departments

Ogooué-Maritime is divided into 3 departments: * 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 (
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)


References

Provinces of Gabon {{Gabon-geo-stub