Nyanga is the southernmost 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

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. The provincial capital is

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 ...

, 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 the other least developed, besides Ogooué-Ivindo. It is bordered by Ogooué-Maritime in the northwest, Ngounié in the north, and the Congo to the south (

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) and east (

Niari Region Niari (can also be written as ''Niadi'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of th ...

). The

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—the lowest point in both Gabon and Nyanga Province—borders it in the west.

Departments

Nyanga is divided into 6 departments: * 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 ...

) *

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) * Doutsila Department (Mabanda) * Haute-Banio Department (Ndindi) * Mongo Department (Moulengui-Binza) * Mougoutsi Department (

)

Statistics

*Area: 21,285 km² *2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-NY *

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: GA-05 *Population (''2013''): 52,854

Historical population figures

The population in 1991 was almost a quarter less than the 1981 population; the population density in the mid to late 1980s dropped below 2/km².

Departments

Statistics

Historical population figures

Places

B–C

D–F

G–I

K–L

M–N

O–P

R–S

T–V

Y–Z

References