Lékoni is a town in south eastern
Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
, lying east of
Bongoville
Bongoville is a town in southeastern Gabon, east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until it was renamed for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It is just west of the B ...
on the
Lekoni River The Lekoni River (French: ''Rivière Lékoni'') is a river in Gabon. It passes through Akieni and Lekoni.
The Leconi river rises in the Batéké Plateau near the border with the Republic of Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Con ...
, surrounded by the
Batéké Plateau The Batéké Plateau is located around the border between the Republic of Congo and Gabon. In both countries it gave name to departments:
* Plateaux Department (Gabon), Plateaux Department in Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
* Plateaux Department (Congo ...
. It is known for the
Léconi Canyons (actually
crater
A crater is a landform consisting of a hole or depression (geology), depression on a planetary surface, usually caused either by an object hitting the surface, or by geological activity on the planet. A crater has classically been described ...
s) and
Léconi Park, a private
wildlife park
A safari park, sometimes known as a wildlife park, is a zoo-like commercial drive-in tourist attraction where visitors can drive their own vehicles or ride in vehicles provided by the facility to observe freely roaming animals.
A safari park ...
also involved in
agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
.
Populated places in Haut-Ogooué Province
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