The Ogooué-Lolo

Province 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 out ...

is one of the nine

provinces 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 ...

, slightly southeast of central

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 ...

. The regional capital is

Koulamoutou Koulamoutou is the capital of Ogooué-Lolo Province in east-central Gabon, with a population of around 16,000 people. It lies at the confluence of the Lolo River and the River Bouenguidi and on the N6 road. The town has an airport and had be ...

, a city of approximately 16,000 people. It is the ninth largest city in Gabon and the home of slightly more than one-third of the provincial population. * Area: 25,380 km² * 2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-OL *

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: GA-07 * Population (''2013''): 65,771 Its length runs from the 3 S to 2 N and from 10 E to 11 E. To the south, Ogooué-Lolo borders the

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 the ...

of the

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. Domestically, it borders the following provinces: * Ngounié – west-southwest * Moyen-Ogooué – northwest, at a

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* Ogooué-Ivindo – north and northwest * Haut-Ogooué – east

Departments

Ogooué-Lolo is divided into 4 departments: * Lolo-Bouenguidi Department (

) * Lombo-Bouenguidi Department ( Pana) * Mouloundou Department (

Lastoursville Lastoursville or Mandji is a city in east-central Gabon, lying on the Ogooué River, the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It was founded as a slave depot named ''Mandji'', renamed ''Maadiville'' in 1883 and finally took its current name ...

) * Offoué-Onoye Department ( Iboundji)

Historical population

The population from 1981 to 1991 lost slightly more than one tenth of the total 1981 population. The population loss was slower than other provinces in Gabon.

Places

References

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