Zadié is a

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Ogooué-Ivindo Province in northern-eastern

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. The capital lies at

Mékambo 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 and is the seat of the Zadié Department. It has received international press for recent outbreaks of Ebola ...

. As of 2013 the department had a population of 15,816 people. The department has a population of

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pygmies, settled here since about 1933 along the main roads from Mékambo to Mazingo and Mékambo to Ekata on the Congolese border. The area received international press for outbreaks of

Ebola Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becom ...

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in 1994 and 1997.

Administrative divisions

The department contains the following administrative divisions. The population as of the 2013 census is given: *Commune de Mékambo (6,744) *Canton Bengoué (1,123) *Canton Djouah (2,636) *Canton Loué (3,928) *Canton Sassamongo (1,385)

References

Ogooué-Ivindo Province Departments of Gabon {{Gabon-geo-stub